A Poetics of Trauma: The Work of Dahlia Ravikovitch

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A Poetics of Trauma HBI Series on Jewish Women Shulamit Reinharz, General Editor Sylvia Barack Fishman, Associate Editor The HBI Series on Jewish Women, created by the Hadassah-Brandeis Institute, publishes a wide range of books by and about Jewish women in diverse contexts and time periods. Of interest to scholars and the educated public, the HBI Series on Jewish Women fills major gaps in Jewish Studies and in Women and Gender Studies as well as their intersection. For the complete list of books that are available in this series, please see www.upne.com Susan M. Weiss and Netty C. Gross-Horowitz Marriage and Divorce in the Jewish State: Israel’s Civil War Ilana Szobel A Poetics of Trauma: The Work of Dahlia Ravikovitch Ronit Irshai Fertility and Jewish Law: Feminist Perspectives on Orthodox Responsa Literature Elana Maryles Sztokman The Men’s Section: Orthodox Jewish Men in an Egalitarian World Sharon Faye Koren Forsaken: The Menstruant in Medieval Jewish Mysticism Sonja M. Hedgepeth and Rochelle G. Saidel, editors Sexual Violence against Jewish Women during the Holocaust Julia R. Lieberman, editor Sephardi Family Life in the Early Modern Diaspora Derek Rubin, editor Promised Lands: New Jewish American Fiction on Longing and Belonging Carol K. Ingall, editor The Women Who Reconstructed American Jewish Education: 1910–1965 Gaby Brimmer and Elena Poniatowska Gaby Brimmer: An Autobiography in Three Voices Harriet Hartman and Moshe Hartman Gender and American Jews: Patterns in Work, Education, and Family in Contemporary Life Dvora E. Weisberg Levirate Marriage and the Family in Ancient Judaism Ellen M. Umansky and Dianne Ashton, editors Four Centuries of Jewish Women’s Spirituality: A Sourcebook The Schusterman Series in Israel Studies Editors: S. Ilan Troen, Jehuda Reinharz, Sylvia Fuks Fried The Schusterman Series in Israel Studies publishes original scholarship of exceptional significance on the history of Zionism and the State of Israel. It draws on disciplines across the academy, from anthropology, sociology, political science and international relations to the arts, history and literature. It seeks to further an understanding of Israel within the context of the modern Middle East and the modern Jewish experience. There is special interest in developing publications that enrich the university curriculum and enlighten the public at large. The series is published under the auspices of the Schusterman Center for Israel Studies at Brandeis University. For a complete list of books in this series, please see www.upne.com Ilana Szobel A Poetics of Trauma: The Work of Dahlia Ravikovitch Anita Shapira Israel: A History Orit Rozin The Rise of the Individual in 1950s Israel: A Challenge to Collectivism Boaz Neumann Land and Desire in Early Zionism Anat Helman Young Tel Aviv: A Tale of Two Cities Nili Scharf Gold Yehuda Amichai: The Making of Israel’s National Poet Itamar Rabinovich and Jehuda Reinharz, editors Israel in the Middle East: Documents and Readings on Society, Politics, and Foreign Relations, Pre-1948 to the Present ...