Selected issues in the modern intercultural contacts between Arabic and Hebrew cultures [Texte imprimé] : Hebrew, Arabic and death / by Mahmoud Kayyal

Bibliogr. p. [161]-182

Charting unfamiliar experiences : ideology and hegemony in the translation of modern Hebrew literature into Arabic -- The shallow waters of Hebrew : three paradigms of translating modern Arabic literature into Hebrew -- "Golani Don Juan" : the linguistic interference of Hebrew in Palestinian literature produced in Israel -- "It's the babushka's fault" : Hebrew writing by Palestinian authors as viewed by Arab critics

In his book Selected Issues in the Modern Intercultural Contacts between Arabic and Hebrew Cultures, Mahmoud Kayyal examines the modern intercultural contacts between Arabic and Hebrew cultures from postcolonial perspectives. An aggressive relationship exists between the two cultures that stems from the combination of Hebrew culture's representation of neo-colonial Western culture and the majority-minority relations between Jews and Arabs within Israel. By focusing on specific issues in these intercultural contacts, especially translation activity between the two languages, Hebrew linguistic interference in the Palestinian literature, and Hebrew writings of Palestinian authors, Kayyal reveals the ongoing struggle between the Zionist orientation and the subversive forces that attempt to undermine the Zionist narrative, and to preserve the Palestinian narrative