In Scripture - The First Stories of Jewish Sexual Identities

Informationen zum Autor By Lori Hope Lefkovitz Klappentext Applying psychoanalytic and gender theory to selected Biblical narratives from Genesis to the Book of Ruth, Lefkovitz interprets the Bible's stories as foundation texts in the development of sexual identities. In Scripture is an exploration of the Biblical origins of a series of unstable ideas about the sexes, human sexuality, family roles, and Jewish sexual identities, in particular, and by extension, changing attitudes towards Jewish men and women. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 Acknowledgments Chapter 2 Introduction Chapter 3: Knowledge and Nakedness: Eve in the Garden of Signs Chapter 4: Sarah's Laughter: Matriarchal Incoherence and the Vexed Sign of Woman Chapter 5: Passing as a Man: Patriarchal Gender Performances Chapter 6: Leah Behind the Veil: Sex with Sisters from the Bible through Woody Allen Chapter 7: Coats and Tales: Joseph and Myths of Jewish Masculinity Chapter 8: Miriam's Fluid Identity Chapter 9: Bedrooms and Battlefields: Command Performances of Femininity Chapter 10: Bodies Politic: Violence and Mediated Boundaries Chapter 11: Oy! Was that a Close Call: Ruth and the Fundamental Jewish Story

Product details

• Authors: Lori Hope Lefkovitz, Lefkovitz Lori Hope
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 09.09.2011
• EAN: 9780742547056
• ISBN: 978-0-7425-4705-6
• No. of pages: 204
• Dimensions: 146 mm x 229 mm x 13 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, RELIGION / Christianity / General, RELIGION / Biblical Studies / General, RELIGION / Sexuality & Gender Studies, Christianity, Gender studies, gender groups, Criticism and exegesis of sacred texts, Biblical Studies & Exegesis, Literary Studies;Women's History;World Literary Studies