The Jew's daughter : a cultural history of a conversion narrative / Efraim Sicher.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sicher, Efraim, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jewish women in literature.

Jews in literature.

Conversion in literature.

Orientalism in literature.

Daughters in literature.

English literature--History and criticism.

English literature.

Antisemitism--Europe, Western--History.

Antisemitism.

Physical Description:

xii, 309 pages : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2019.

Summary:

The Jew's daughter: a cultural history fo a conversion narrative takes a new look at the gendered difference of the Jew. Focusing on an overlooked narrative of "the Jew's daughter", this innovative study examines canonical and neglected texts that have constructed racialized and sexualized images that persist today in the media and popular culture ... Sicher provides a comparative perspective on the circulation of texts in the historical context of the perception of both Jews and women as marginal or outcasts in society. This book draws on the arts, history, literature, folklore, and theology to demonstrate the dynamics of Jewish-Christian relations around Europe from the twelfth century to 2017. (page [4] of cover)

Contents:

Genesis: Eve and anti-Eve

The books of Esther: the Jewesses of Toledo

Daughteronomy: conversion and exchange in early modern England

Exodus: the Jew's daughter in Germany (with Noa Sophie Kohler)

Second daughteronomy: romance and conversion in nineteenth-century England

A song of songs: the orientalization of the belle juive

In the name of the daughter: the belle juive strikes back.

Notes:

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ISBN:

1-4985-2780-9