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

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.

List of contents

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

About the author

By Efraim Sicher - Contributions by Noa Sophie Kohler

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Efraim Sicher
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.01.2019
• EAN: 9781498527804
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-2780-4
• 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, Judaism, Literature: history & criticism, Literary studies: general, Religious aspects of sexuality, gender & relationships, Aspects Of Religion (Non-Christian)