{"product_id":"jacqueline-kahanoff-a-levantine-woman-paperback-softback-9780253066886","title":"Jacqueline Kahanoff; A Levantine Woman (Paperback \/ softback) 9780253066886","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eJacqueline Kahanoff\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA Levantine Woman\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eDavid Ohana (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780253066886\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 7 November 2023\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e392 pages, 18 b\u0026amp;w photos - 18 Halftones, black and white\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.7 cm, 0.544 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eDavid Ohana's study of Jacqueline Kahanoff contributes immensely to our understanding of the breadth and depth of her work and to the Levantine ambition that undergirds it. It invites us to engage with that corpus and to celebrate it as if the future of Israel and of the global order depended on it.\u003c\/p\u003e - Aimée Israel-Pelletier is professor of French at the University of Texas at Arlington (Sephardic Horizons)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eJacqueline Kahanoff: \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Levantine Woman\u003c\/i\u003e is the first intellectual biography of this remarkable Egyptian-Jewish intellectual, whose work has secured her place in literary pantheon as a herald of Levantine, Mediterranean, and transnational culture. Growing up Jewish in cosmopolitan Egypt in the 1920s and 1930s, Jacqueline Kahanoff experienced a bustling Middle East enriched by diverse languages, religions, and peoples who nonetheless were deeply connected to each other through history, business, daily practices, and shared landscape. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAt the age of twenty-four, Kahanoff immigrated to the United States. Her stories, essays, and short autobiographical novel attest to her penchant to cross boundaries, generations, social classes, sexes, and Western and Eastern constructs. After immigrating to Israel in the early 1950s, she critically addressed the country's \"provinciality\" and \"ethnic nationalism\" as seen through her conception of a transnational Levantine culture. Through many writings, Kahanoff set forth her distinctive vision of Israel as a Mediterranean country with a broad, multicultural Levantine identity. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDrawing on an extensive array of sources, ranging from interviews with Jacqueline Kahanoff's acquaintances and contemporaries to unpublished writings, David Ohana explores her fascinating life and intellectual journey from Cairo to Tel Aviv. The encompassing vision of a Levantine Israel made Kahanoff the initiator of a different cultural possibility, more extensive than that offered in her time, and also, perhaps, than is offered today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction: Levantinism—Ex oriente lux\u003cbr\u003e1. A Tale of Four Cities\u003cbr\u003e2. Levantinism: A Cultural Theory\u003cbr\u003e3. Kahanoff's Poetic Journey\u003cbr\u003e4. \"Where Can I Feel at Home?\"\u003cbr\u003e5. Being a Modern Woman\u003cbr\u003e6. Beyond the Levant\u003cbr\u003e7. Life at the Edge of the Line\u003cbr\u003eEpilogue: Kahanoff and the Humanist Mediterranean Heritage\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52525595754776,"sku":"9780253066886","price":27.88,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/jacqueline-kahanoff-a-levantine-woman-paperback-softback-9780253066886","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}