In Scripture - The First Stories of Jewish Sexual Identities

Informationen zum Autor Lori Hope Lefkovitz holds the Ruderman Chair in Jewish Studies at Northeastern University, where she directs the Jewish Studies Program. 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 AcknowledgmentsIntroductionChapter 1: Knowledge and Nakedness: Eve in the Garden of SignsChapter 2: Sarah's Laughter: Matriarchal Incoherence and the Vexed Sign of WomanChapter 3: Passing as a Man: Patriarchal Gender PerformancesChapter 4: Leah Behind the Veil: Sex with Sisters from the Bible through Woody AllenChapter 5: Coats and Tales: Joseph and Myths of Jewish MasculinityChapter 6: Miriam's Fluid IdentityChapter 7: Bedrooms and Battlefields: Command Performances of FemininityChapter 8: Bodies Politic: Violence and Mediated BoundariesChapter 9: Oy! Was that a Close Call: Ruth and the Fundamental Jewish Story

Product details

• Authors: Lori Lefkovitz, Lori Hope Lefkovitz, Lefkovitz Lori Hope
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 18 to 22
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.01.2010
• EAN: 9780742547049
• ISBN: 978-0-7425-4704-9
• No. of pages: 204
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 235 mm x 13 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social & cultural history, HISTORY / Jewish, RELIGION / Judaism / Sacred Writings, Judaism: Sacred Texts, Literary Studies;Women's History;World Literary Studies