Self-Portrait as Ruth is a provocative collection exploring the subject of Israel-Palestine in sharp, accessible poems that eschew the conventional language or orientation of either Zionist or Palestinian solidarity. Rooted in a Jewish family history that reaches into nineteenth-century Ottoman Palestine, Self-Portrait as Ruth is written in defiance of all 'official' versions of Israeli or Palestinian history.
Polemical in places, the densely, painfully political subject matter is humanised throughout by a weaving together of individual and community, family and tribe, lover and self, nation and landscape. These poems are interrogations of the first person possessive - of claims, both singular and plural, to land, to identity, to history, and to the body - and of wounds and victimisation, both unique and collective.
A challenging, aching, honest exploration of culpability, this lament will incite controversy and debate, making uncomfortable reading for partisans and non-partisans alike.
| ISBN: | 9781844714599 |
| Publication date: | 1st November 2009 |
| Author: | Jasmine Donahaye |
| Publisher: | Salt an imprint of Salt Publishing Limited |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 49 pages |
| Series: | Salt Modern Poets |
| Genres: |
Poetry by individual poets |
Self-Portrait as Ruth is a provocative collection exploring the subject of Israel-Palestine in sharp, accessible poems that eschew the conventional language or orientation of either Zionist or Palestinian solidarity. Rooted in a Jewish family history that reaches into nineteenth-century Ottoman Palestine, Self-Portrait as Ruth is written in defiance of all 'official' versions of Israeli or Palestinian history.
Self-Portrait as Ruth features in the following genres: Poetry by individual poets
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Self-Portrait as Ruth was written by Jasmine Donahaye and published by Salt an imprint of Salt Publishing Limited
Self-Portrait as Ruth has 49 pages
Yes it is part of Salt Modern Poets series