Francophone Sephardic Fiction: Writing Migration, Diaspora, and Modernity

Francophone Sephardic Fiction: Writing Migration, Diaspora, and Modernity explores the similarities and differences among selected francophone novelists from various countries, with a focus on North Africa. It traces the influence of oral storytelling on modern novelists and explores the idea of the portable homeland as exile and migration engulfed the long-rooted Sephardic communities. It also examines diaspora concepts, how modernity and post-modernity threatened traditional ways of life, and how humor and an active return into history have enlivened the portable homeland.

Format: Hardback
Length: 182 pages
Publication date: 15 May 2022
Publisher: Lexington Books

Francophone Sephardic Fiction: Writing Migration, Diaspora, and Modernity explores modern Sephardic literature in a comparative manner, highlighting similarities and differences among selected francophone novelists from various countries, particularly focusing on North Africa. The term "Sepharad" encompasses a broader scope than Spain alone, encompassing Jews whose ancestors resided in North Africa for centuries, even before the arrival of Islam, and who continue to uphold Jewish traditions that trace back to Babylon. Similarly, it includes those whose ancestors spent a brief period in Iberia. The author delves into the profound influence of oral storytelling on contemporary novelists of the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, examining the concept of a portable homeland as exile and migration impacted the longstanding Sephardic communities. Additionally, the author explores diaspora concepts, the challenges posed by modernity and post-modernity to traditional ways of life, and the ways in which humor and an active engagement with history have revitalized the portable homeland of modern francophone Sephardic fiction.

Francophone Sephardic Fiction: Writing Migration, Diaspora, and Modernity explores modern Sephardic literature in a comparative manner, highlighting similarities and differences among selected francophone novelists from various countries, particularly focusing on North Africa. The term "Sepharad" encompasses a broader scope than Spain alone, encompassing Jews whose ancestors resided in North Africa for centuries, even before the arrival of Islam, and who continue to uphold Jewish traditions that trace back to Babylon. Similarly, it includes those whose ancestors spent a brief period in Iberia. The author delves into the profound influence of oral storytelling on contemporary novelists of the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, examining the concept of a portable homeland as exile and migration impacted the longstanding Sephardic communities. Additionally, the author explores diaspora concepts, the challenges posed by modernity and post-modernity to traditional ways of life, and the ways in which humor and an active engagement with history have revitalized the portable homeland of modern francophone Sephardic fiction.

Weight: 454g
Dimension: 227 x 161 x 20 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781793620095