Jew''s Daughter - A Cultural History of a Conversion Narrative

Informationen zum Autor Efraim Sicher is a professor of English and comparative literature at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. Klappentext An innovative study of the gendering of ethnic difference in Western society, Sicher’s multidisciplinary, comparative analysis shows how racialized images have persisted and helped to form prejudiced views of the Other. Zusammenfassung An innovative study of the gendering of ethnic difference in Western society, Sicher’s multidisciplinary, comparative analysis shows how racialized images have persisted and helped to form prejudiced views of the Other. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments Introduction 1.Genesis: Eve and Anti-Eve 2.The Books of Esther: The Jewesses of Toledo 3.Daughteronomy: Conversion and Exchange in Early Modern England 4.Exodus: The Jew's Daughter in Germany (with Noa Sophie Kohler) 5.Second Daughteronomy: Romance and Conversion in Nineteenth-Century England 6.A Song of Songs: The Orientalization of the Belle Juive Epilogue In the Name of the Daughter: The Belle Juive Strikes Back Bibliography Index

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Efraim Sicher is a professor of English and comparative literature at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.

Product details

• Authors: Efraim Sicher
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.05.2017
• EAN: 9781498527781
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-2778-1
• No. of pages: 322
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Judaism; RELIGION / Judaism / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Jewish, LITERARY CRITICISM / Comparative Literature, RELIGION / Sexuality & Gender Studies, LITERARY CRITICISM / Subjects & Themes / Religion, Comparative Literature, Judaism, Literature: history & criticism, Literary studies: general, Aspects of religion, Religious aspects of sexuality, gender and relationships, Literature: history and criticism, Religious aspects of sexuality, gender & relationships, Social groups: religious groups and communities, Aspects Of Religion (Non-Christian)