OUT OF EXILE: SOME THOUGHTS ON EXILE AS A DYNAMIC CONDITION

OUT OF EXILE: SOME THOUGHTS ON EXILE AS A DYNAMIC CONDITION

Exile is a strong marker of identity for a writer, but to keep it forever as part of one's self-image surely involves a kind of mis-description, or at least over-simplification. Maintaining the position of being in exile also has its dangers: the posture of detachment can turn into a kind of wi...

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Veröffentlicht in:European Judaism 2013-09, Vol.46 (2), p.55-60
1. Verfasser: Hoffman, Eva
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Analysis
Authors
Cross cultural studies
Cultural history
Emigration
Exile
Identity
Jewish migration
Jews
Jews in Eastern Europe: Exile and After
Judaism
Language
National identity
Perceptions
Self image
Sensory perception
Subjectivity
Writers
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Zusammenfassung:Exile is a strong marker of identity for a writer, but to keep it forever as part of one's self-image surely involves a kind of mis-description, or at least over-simplification. Maintaining the position of being in exile also has its dangers: the posture of detachment can turn into a kind of wilful separation. Moreover migration, dislocation, various kinds of nomadism are becoming the norm, but this extreme mobility relativises even the most stable identities. What styles, or stories, or genres will be invented to describe a world which is no longer divided between peripheries and centres?
ISSN:0014-3006
1752-2323
DOI:10.3167/ej.2013.46.02.05