Whose People? by Jasmine Donahaye

Whose People? by Jasmine Donahaye

Wales has a long history of interest in Palestine and Israel, and a close interest in Jews and Zionism. This monograph, the first to explore the subject, asks searching questions about the relationship that Wales has with the Israel-Palestine situation. Surveying Welsh missionary writing, fictional imaging of Jews, and the political use of Palestine and Israel, it challenges received wisdom about Welsh tolerance and liberalism, and identifies a complex and unique relationship. Whose People? Wales, Israel, Palestine makes an important contribution to international Jewish studies, to the study of British colonial involvement in Palestine, and to Welsh and Jewish literary and cultural history.)

By carefully interrogating the actual written record, Jasmine Donahaye's Whose People? Wales, Israel, Palestine, manages to disrupt more than one historical commonplace about Welsh attitudes regarding Wales and Jews, Zionism and the Holy LandDonahaye's pathbreaking work demonstrates that the representation of this iconic relationship has a varied and contingent history, a history constantly elided or reconfigured as the need for new representations of Wales and Welshness arose. Whose People combines careful scholarship with invigorating analysis. Professor Daniel Melia, Program in Celtic Studies, University of California, Berkeley

Dr Jasmine Donahaye is an associate Professor in English literature and creative writing at Swansea University. She has published works of poetry as well as cultural criticism, fiction and creative non-fiction.

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ISBN 13	9780708324837
ISBN 10	0708324835
Title	Whose People?
Author	Jasmine Donahaye
Series	Writing Wales In English
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	University of Wales Press
Year published	2012-01-15
Number of pages	256
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