Format:
x, 129 Seiten
ISBN:
9781498595797
,
9781498595810
Series Statement:
Studies in folklore and ethnology
Content:
Introduction: Jews, gender, and bodylore -- Chapter 1: The subversive Jewish feminist body: creating spaces of protest through embodiment in synagogue life -- Chapter 2: Renewing her body: engaging Jewish women's bodies in synagogue life -- Chapter 3: Rebellious hair: Jewish feminist reinterpretations of the Orthodox Jewish ritual of Upsherin -- Chapter 4: The Rose Winkel: Jewish navigation of the reappropriation of a Nazi symbol by LGBTQ young adults -- Chapter 5: Queerly stitched: religious garb and LGBTQ Jewish pride symbols -- Conclusion: Applications of Jewish feminist bodylore.
Content:
"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"--
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781498595803
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Milligan, Amy K., 1982- author Jewish bodylore Lanham, MD : Lexington Books, [2019]
Language:
English
Subjects:
Theology
