Jewish Women - Between Conformity and Agency

Jewish Women: Between Conformity and Agency examines the concepts of gender and sexuality through the primary lens of visual and material culture from antiquity through to the present day.

List of contents

List of Figures
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Anonymous Portraits
1 Social Skin in Roman-Byzantine Syro-Palestine
2 Ritual Purity in Medieval Ashkenaz
3 Sacred Space in Papal Avignon and the Comtat Venaissin
4 Marriage and Divorce in Israeli Film
Conclusion: Patriarchy and Feminism
Appendix: Filmography
Index

About the author

Katharina Galor is the Hirschfeld Senior Lecturer in Judaic Studies at Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island. Her recent publications include The Archaeology of Jerusalem: From the Origins to the Ottomans (2013); Finding Jerusalem: Archaeology between Science and Ideology (2017); and The Moral Triangle: Germans, Israelis, Palestinians (2020).

Product details

• Authors: Katharina Galor, Galor Katharina
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 06.05.2025
• EAN: 9781032576800
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3257680-0
• No. of pages: 288
• Series: Routledge Jewish Studies Series
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, HISTORY / Jewish, RELIGION / Judaism / History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Jewish Studies, HISTORY / Women, History of Religion, Jewish Studies, Judaism, Regional Studies, Regional / International studies, Social groups: religious groups and communities