The Jew, the beauty, and the beast : gender and animality in modernist Hebrew fiction / Naama Harel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Harel, Naama, 1973- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hebrew literature, Modern--History and criticism.

Hebrew literature, Modern.

Women in literature.

Physical Description:

v, 162 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, [2026]

Summary:

"Jews, women, and animals have been notoriously considered in Western thought as antithetical to the "civilized," and therefore parallel. The trope of the womanized Jewish man has been widely recognized as a staple in otherizing portrayals of European Jews, as well as their self-perception. Similarly, ecofeminist critique has addressed the ubiquitous depiction of the animalized woman throughout history. Yet, the interconnection between the effeminization of Jews and the animalization of women has been overlooked. The Jew, the Beauty, and the Beast critically explores the tangled interplay between Jewishness, gender, and animality and its manifestation in modernist Hebrew fiction. Through interdiscursive analysis and close readings, the effeminate Jew is examined vis-à-vis the animalized woman. Intertwining cutting-edge theoretical frameworks of posthumanism and animal studies with established scholarship of Hebrew literature, Jewish studies, and gender studies, Naama Harel offers new Hebrew literary historiography and innovative perspectives on canonical works by Shmuel Yosef Agnon, Devorah Baron, Micha Yosef Berdichevsky, Yosef Haim Brenner, Uri Nissan Gnessin, and David Vogel"-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Harel, Naama. Jew, the beauty, and the beast

ISBN:

9781978841727

1978841728

9781978841734

1978841736

OCLC:

1493686825

Publisher Number:

CIPO000297245