Whose People?

by Donahaye, Jasmine; Thomas, M. Wynn

• ISBN13: 9780708324837
• ISBN10: 0708324835
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-04-15
• Publisher: Univ of Wales Pr

Summary

Until now, Wales has been almost completely neglected in British Jewish studies. But with Whose People?Jasmine Donahaye fills this gap in the research, as she examines the long history of Welsh interest in Palestine and Israel. Donahaye surveys Welsh missionary writing, fictional imaginings of Jews, and the political use of Palestine and Israel, challenging conventional wisdom about Welsh tolerance and liberalism and revealing a complex and unique relationship. Donahaye's study makes an important contribution to international Jewish studies, to the study of British colonial involvement in Palestine, and to Welsh and Jewish literary and cultural history.

Author Biography

Jasmine Donahaye has a BA from UC Berkeley and a PhD from Swansea University. She has published literary and cultural criticism, creative non-fiction and poetry in the UK and the US. Her books include Self-Portrait as Ruth (2009), and Misappropriations (2006).

Table of Contents

General Editor's Preface	p. vii
Acknowledgements	p. ix
Introduction: a beginning and an end	p. 1
Tracing the Wales-Israel tradition	p. 11
The mission to convert the Jews	p. 39
Welsh Semitic discourse	p. 66
Twentieth-century political comparisons	p. 97
The Jewish response	p. 126
Conclusion	p. 157
Notes	p. 164
Index	p. 195
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