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.
Price: $149.00
Pages: 184
Publisher: Academic Studies Press
Imprint: Academic Studies Press
Series: Jewish Latin American Studies
Publication Date:
September 6, 2022
Trim Size: 9.21 X 6.14 in
ISBN: 9781618118349
Format: Hardcover
BISACs:
LITERARY CRITICISM / Caribbean & Latin American, ART / Caribbean & Latin American, ART / History / 20th & 21st Century, LITERARY CRITICISM / Comparative Literature, RELIGION / Judaism / History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / Caribbean & Latin American Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Jewish Studies, RELIGION / Judaism / Kabbalah & Mysticism, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / General, HISTORY / Modern / 21st Century, History of art, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Comparative literature, Judaism, Mysticism
“One of Huberman’s great achievements is that her dialogue
between literature, art and Jewish mysticism opens up new reflections on hybridity and
diaspora at the core of each of these elements. Readers interested in any of these writers,
in the Judaic cultures of Latin America (understood in wide, diasporic terms), and in
the artistic applications of Jewish mysticism, will find this book extremely rewarding.”
— Sheldon Penn, Journal of Modern Jewish Studies
Ariana Huberman is Associate Professor of Spanish at Haverford College. She is also author of Gauchos and Foreigners: Glossing Culture and Identity in the Argentine Countryside (2011), co-editor of Memoria y Representación. Configuraciones culturales y literarias en el imaginario judío latinoamericano (2006) with Alejandro Meter, and of Evolving Images: Jewish Latin American Cinema (2018) with Nora Glickman. She was born in Argentina and now lives with her family in the Philadelphia suburbs.
Preface
List of Illustrations
Introduction: Jewish Mysticism in Latin American Cultural Production—Beyond Borges
1. The Exotic in the Eye of the Beholder: Alejandro Jodorowsky’s Literature and Film
2. The Cycle of Life: Angelina Muñiz-Huberman’s Writings
3. In Search of Tikkun Olam: Mario Satz’s Literature
4. Wandering Souls in Isaac Goldemberg’s Narrative and Poetry
Concluding Remarks
Bibliography
Index
