Israeli Mythogynies

Esther Fuchs is Associate Professor of Hebrew Language and Literature in the Department of Oriental Studies at the University of Arizona, Tuscon.

• Preface Chapter 1. Introduction Chapter 2. The Generation of Statehood Gyniconological Transformations and Continuities The Female Other as National Enemy Chapter 3. A.B. Yehoshua: The Lack of Consciousness Yehoshua's Belle Dame Sans Merci The Inaccessible Wife Summary Chapter 4. Amos Oz: The Lack of Conscience Where the Jackals Howl: Woman as Sex Elsewhere Perhaps: Amos Oz's Gyniconology and National Otherness My Michael: Woman as Political Enemy Summary Chapter 5. Gynographic Re-visions: Amalia Kahana-Carmon The Woman Author as Other Under One Roof: The Antiromantic Romantic Story Chapter 6. Self-Conscious Heroism: And Moon in the Valley of Ajalon The Desire to Be at the Top The Female Predicament Noa Talmor and Hana Gonen: A Female-Authored Heroine Meets Her Male-Authored Counterpart Toward a Conclusion: The Woman Author as Other Notes Index

"What I like most about this book is the new perspective on the subject. The topic is indeed central to the study of modern Hebrew literature because it supplies a perspective that is absent in contemporary criticism of Israeli fiction, demonstrates a serious imbalance in fiction and criticism alike, and presents a challenge to which writers and critics must respond." — Miri Amihai, Cornell University