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The Canadian Jewish Studies Reader

edited by Norman Ravvin & Norman Bavvin

Publisher
Red Deer Press
Initial publish date
Oct 2004
Category
General, Anthologies (multiple authors), Jewish
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780889952959
    Publish Date
    Oct 2004
    List Price
    $4.95

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Description

Canadian Jewish Studies is a young field, often lost in the shadow of its American older sister. In The Canadian Jewish Studies Reader, editors Richard Menkis and Norman Ravvin demonstrate that what's going on in Canada, critically and artistically, is every bit as interesting as the work being done in the United States.

Taking a cultural studies approach, the editors view the way that Canadian Jewish identity is examined in literature, visual arts, historical writing, feminist research and urban geography, among other fields. Included, too, is a preface that introduces the field and argues for the particular interest of Canadian Jewish Studies to readers and students in the international community. The articles are supplemented by a range of exciting visuals.

The Canadian Jewish Studies Reader also features new work by both editors in their exploration of Canadian literature and history.

About the authors

Norman Ravvin is a fiction writer, critic and teacher. His published work includes the novel, Lola by Night, and the story collection, Sex, Skyscrapers and Standard Yiddish. His essays on Canadian and American literature are collected in A House of Words: Jewish Writing, Identity, and Memory. He is the editor of Not Quite Mainstream: Canadian Jewish Short Stories and co-editor of The Canadian Jewish Studies Reader. He is chair of the Concordia Institute for Canadian Jewish Studies at Concordia University.

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