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Record Nr.

UNINA9910792906503321

Autore

Sicher Efraim

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, MD : , : Lexington Books, , 2019

ISBN

1-4985-2780-9

Descrizione fisica

xii, 309 pages : illustrations

Disciplina

809/.933522089924

Soggetti

Jewish women in literature

Jews in literature

Conversion in literature

Orientalism in literature

Daughters in literature

English literature - History and criticism

Antisemitism - Europe, Western - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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)