Keeping the Mystery Alive : Jewish Mysticism in Latin American Cultural Production
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| Title: | Keeping the Mystery Alive : Jewish Mysticism in Latin American Cultural Production |
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| Description: | This book delves into creative renditions of key aspects of Jewish Mysticism in Latin American literature, film, and art from the perspective of literary and cultural studies. It introduces the work of Latin American authors and artists who have been inspired by Jewish Mysticism from the 1960s to the present focusing on representations of dybbuks (transmigratory souls), the presence of Eros as part of the experience of mystical prayer, reformulations of Zoharic fables, and the search for Tikkun Olam (cosmic repair), among other key topics of Jewish Mysticism. The purpose of this book is to open up these aspects of their work to a broad audience who may or may not be familiar with Jewish Mysticism. |
| Authors: | Ariana Huberman |
| Resource Type: | eBook. |
| Subjects: | Latin American literature--Jewish authors--History and criticism, Cabala in literature, Cabala--Latin America, Jews--Latin America--Identity |
| Categories: | LITERARY CRITICISM / Caribbean & Latin American, ART / History / 20th & 21st Century, ART / Caribbean & Latin American, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / General, HISTORY / Modern / 21st Century, RELIGION / Judaism / History, RELIGION / Judaism / Kabbalah & Mysticism, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Jewish Studies, LITERARY CRITICISM / Comparative Literature, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / Caribbean & Latin American Studies |
| Database: | eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) |
| Abstract: | This book delves into creative renditions of key aspects of Jewish Mysticism in Latin American literature, film, and art from the perspective of literary and cultural studies. It introduces the work of Latin American authors and artists who have been inspired by Jewish Mysticism from the 1960s to the present focusing on representations of dybbuks (transmigratory souls), the presence of Eros as part of the experience of mystical prayer, reformulations of Zoharic fables, and the search for Tikkun Olam (cosmic repair), among other key topics of Jewish Mysticism. The purpose of this book is to open up these aspects of their work to a broad audience who may or may not be familiar with Jewish Mysticism. |
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| ISBN: | 9781618118349 9781644698976 9781644698983 |
