Red, Black, and Jew : new frontiers in Hebrew literature /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Katz, Stephen, 1947-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Austin : University of Texas, [2009]
Edition:	1st ed.
Series:	Jewish history, life, and culture.
Subjects:	Indians in literature. African Americans in literature. Hebrew literature, Modern > United States > History and criticism. Hebrew literature, Modern > American influences. Jews > United States > Intellectual life.

Table of Contents:

Encountering Native Americans : B.N. Silkiner's Mul ohel Timmura
Facing the sunset : Israel Efros on Native Americans
To be as others : E.E. Lisitzky's representation of Native Americans
Fantasy or plain folk : imagining Native Americans
Child's play : Hillel Bavli's "Mrs. Woods" and the Indian in American Hebrew literature
Red heart, black skin : E.E. Lisitzky's encounters with African American folksong and poetry
From prop to trope to real folks : Blacks in Hebrew literature
Representing African Americans : the realistic trend
The language of alienation : the anxiety of an Americanized Hebrew
Singing the song of Zion : American Hebrew literature and Israel.