Our Exodus: Leon Uris and the Americanization of Israel's Founding Story Contributor(s): Silver, MM (Author) |
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ISBN: 0814334431 ISBN-13: 9780814334430 Publisher: Wayne State University Press OUR PRICE: $33.24 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 2010 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Jewish - Literary Criticism | American - General |
Dewey: 813.54 |
LCCN: 2010002650 |
Physical Information: 0.91" H x 6.56" W x 9.76" (1.30 lbs) 280 pages |
Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Jewish |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Despite the dramatic circumstances of its founding, Israel did not inspire sustained, impassioned public discussion among Jews and non-Jews in the United States until Leon Uris's popular novel Exodus was released in 1958. Uris's novel popularized the complicated story of Israel's founding and, in the process, boosted the morale of post-Holocaust Jewry and disseminated in popular culture positive images of Jewish heroism. Our Exodus: Leon Uris and the Americanization of Israel's Founding Story examines the phenomenon of Exodus and its largely unrecognized influence on post-World War II understandings of Israel's beginnings in America and around the world. |