The Topography of the City and the Body: Yehudit Katzir's Haifa
The thesis of the article is that Haifa's semiotic composition, as displayed in Yehudit Katzir's first story "Disneyel" (1987), endows additional meaning to the narrative structuring on both the thematic and linguistic levels. The article focuses on the representation of Haifa an...
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Journals Online & Print: | Drawer...
|
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
| Published: |
2006
|
| In: |
Hebrew studies
Year: 2006, Volume: 47, Issue: 1, Pages: 281-294 |
| Online Access: |
Volltext (JSTOR) Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Summary: | The thesis of the article is that Haifa's semiotic composition, as displayed in Yehudit Katzir's first story "Disneyel" (1987), endows additional meaning to the narrative structuring on both the thematic and linguistic levels. The article focuses on the representation of Haifa and argues that its role in the narrative is overdetermined. The city's topography becomes the writing tool as well as the vocabulary of the narrator, who uses it to forge the character of her mother, the symbol of quintessential femininity. Furthermore, the narrator's personal history is wrought by means of the urban topography imprinted in her body. This overdetermined semiotic sign, Haifa, not only charges the latent relationships implied in the story (mother, suitor, and daughter identifying with the mother), but also contributes to the understanding of those relationships. |
|---|---|
| ISSN: | 2158-1681 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Hebrew studies
|
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1353/hbr.2006.0003 |