Gender, Jewish Identity, and Cultural Memory in the Poetry of Rhea Tregebov
Rhea Tregebov’s self consciousness as a woman facilitated her developing self consciousness as a Canadian Jew, a process recorded in her five books of poetry. In the course of this work, her reflections on the social meanings of motherhood are particularly important. When insights about the parent-c...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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The Association for Canadian Jewish Studies/York University Libraries
2003-01-01
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| Series: | Canadian Jewish Studies |
| Online Access: | https://cjs.journals.yorku.ca/index.php/cjs/article/view/19980 |
| Summary: | Rhea Tregebov’s self consciousness as a woman facilitated her
developing self consciousness as a Canadian Jew, a process
recorded in her five books of poetry. In the course of this work,
her reflections on the social meanings of motherhood are particularly
important. When insights about the parent-child bond are
transferred to reflections about the meanings of modern Jewish
history, particularly the Holocaust, the poet’s understanding of
her role is extended. The result is an ambitious collection of
elegies in which she changes the structure of mourning specific
to that genre. |
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| ISSN: | 1198-3493 1916-0925 |