Jewish Bodylore - Feminist and Queer Ethnographies of Folk Practices

Jewish Bodylore explores the symbology of the Jewish body. It considers how Jewish bodies can be conceptualized using folkloristics and how feminist methodologies of the body can be applied fairly to Jewish bodies, celebrating the multitude of ways in which the body can be conceptualized and experienced.

List of contents

Acknowledgements
Chapter 1: Introduction: Jews, Gender, and Bodylore
Chapter 2: The Subversive Jewish Feminist Body: Creating Spaces of Protest through Embodiment in Synagogue Life
Chapter 3: Renewing Her Body: Engaging Jewish Women's Bodies in Synagogue Life
Chapter 4: Rebellious Hair: Jewish Feminist Reinterpretations of the Orthodox Jewish Ritual of Upsherin
Chapter 5: The Rose Winkel: Jewish Navigation of the Reappropriation of a Nazi Symbol by LGBTQ Young Adults
Chapter 6: Queerly Stitched: Religious Garb and LGBTQ Jewish Pride Symbols
Chapter 7: Conclusion: Applications of Jewish Feminist Bodylore
Glossary
Bibliography
About the Author

About the author

Amy K. Milligan is Batten endowed assistant professor of Jewish studies and women's studies at Old Dominion University, where she is also director of the Institute of Jewish Studies and Interfaith Understanding.

Product details

• Authors: Amy K Milligan, Amy K. Milligan
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.02.2019
• EAN: 9781498595797
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-9579-7
• No. of pages: 140
• Series: Studies in Folklore and Ethnol; Studies in Folklore and Ethnol; Studies in Folklore and Ethnology: Traditions, Practices, and Identities
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies