ABSTRACT
The introduction to Postmodern Love in the Jewish Imagination sets out a theoretical framework which grounds identity in ethnic and ritual spaces. The postmodern writers discussed in this book, however, often complain of being stuck in a limbotopia, a dead-end space that allows no escape except in the imagination. Although Israeli and diaspora writers are commonly discussed separately, they cannot be restricted to an ethnic category, however much they deal with common issues of home/homeland, religion, gender, and sexuality. Yet, despite denying a sense of belonging to a collective or a community, they share the destiny of Jewish history. Their tales of divorce and detachment reflect a postmodern take on love, and when read as transnational authors in world literature, we see that they share many of the concerns of postmodernism.
