Jacqueline Kahanof
Mongrels or Marvels
- ISBN 13:
- 9780804769532
- author:
- Jacqueline Kahanof
- format:
- HardBack
- publisher:
- Stanford University Press
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2011
- Pages:
- 304
- Dimensions:
- 23.11 x 15.75 x 2.29 centimetres
- Genre:
- Literary Collections
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Jacqueline Shohet Kahanoff's writings offer a unique perspective on Arab-Jewish relations in the Middle East. Born into a bourgeois Jewish community in Cairo, she grew up in an era of coexistence before moving to New York City during World War II, where she launched her writing career. Kahanoff's work spans essays and fiction that anticipate contemporary concerns about cultural integration in immigrant societies. Her writings confront the stereotypes she encountered as a Jew from the Arab world and develop a social model, Levantinism, which counters prevailing attitudes with the possibility of mutual respect and acceptance. This collection brings together Kahanoff's most influential and engaging writings, providing insight into her thoughts on cultural identity and coexistence in the Middle East.
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