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Iris Parush

b. 1943

Israeli scholar

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About Iris Parush

Born 1943. Iris Parush is an Israeli literary theorist, literary scholar and university teacher.

Iris Parush (Hebrew: איריס פרוש) is an Israeli scholar of Hebrew literature. Parush's work includes the study of the cultural and ideological development of Haskalah literature as well as the impact of nationalist ideologies on modern Hebrew literature.

Publications Books Reading Jewish Women: Marginality and Modernization in Nineteenth-Century Eastern European Jewish Society (Brandeis University Press, 2004) Sin of Writing and the Rise of Modern Hebrew Literature (Palgrave Macmillan, 2021)

Selected articles Parush, I. (1997). Women readers as agents of social change among Eastern European Jews in the late nineteenth century. Gender & History, 9(1), 60-82. Parush, I., & Brener, A. (1995). The Politics of Literacy: Women and Foreign Languages in Jewish Society of 19th-Century Eastern Europe. Modern Judaism, 183-206. Parush, I., & Sternberg, S. (2004). Another Look at "The Life of 'Dead' Hebrew": Intentional Ignorance of Hebrew in Nineteenth-Century Eastern European Jewish Society. Book History, 7(1), 171-214.

Awards Zalman Shazar Prize for Jewish History

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Literary theorist, literary scholar, university teacher
Nationality
Education
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Employers
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

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Who is Iris Parush?

Israeli scholar

When was Iris Parush born?

Iris Parush was born on 21 February 1943 in Jerusalem.

What is Iris Parush's occupation?

Iris Parush is a literary theorist, literary scholar and university teacher.

What nationality is Iris Parush?

Iris Parush is Israeli.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Iris Parush

· Wikidata: Q12403848

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