Lori Hope Lefkovitz

In Scripture

The First Stories of Jewish Sexual Identities

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 204
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Dezember 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 456g
• ISBN-13: 9780742547049
• ISBN-10: 0742547043
• Artikelnr.: 27941361

Autorenporträt

Lori Hope Lefkovitz holds the Ruderman Chair in Jewish Studies at Northeastern University, where she directs the Jewish Studies Program.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1: Knowledge and Nakedness: Eve in the
Garden of Signs Chapter 2: Sarah's Laughter: Matriarchal Incoherence and
the Vexed Sign of Woman Chapter 3: Passing as a Man: Patriarchal Gender
Performances Chapter 4: Leah Behind the Veil: Sex with Sisters from the
Bible through Woody Allen Chapter 5: Coats and Tales: Joseph and Myths of
Jewish Masculinity Chapter 6: Miriam's Fluid Identity Chapter 7: Bedrooms
and Battlefields: Command Performances of Femininity Chapter 8: Bodies
Politic: Violence and Mediated Boundaries Chapter 9: Oy! Was that a Close
Call: Ruth and the Fundamental Jewish Story