03382nam 2200649 450 991078830310332120230803032538.00-8135-6293-710.36019/9780813562933(CKB)3170000000060401(EBL)1562493(SSID)ssj0001040882(PQKBManifestationID)11584467(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001040882(PQKBWorkID)11009723(PQKB)10034932(MiAaPQ)EBC1562493(OCoLC)861693146(MdBmJHUP)muse25524(DE-B1597)526065(DE-B1597)9780813562933(Au-PeEL)EBL1562493(CaPaEBR)ebr10787485(CaONFJC)MIL536511(EXLCZ)99317000000006040120131106d2013 uy 0engurnn#---|u||utxtccrJewish families /Jonathan BoyarinNew Brunswick, New Jersey ;London :Rutgers University Press,2013.©20131 online resource (206 p.)Key Words in Jewish Studies ;IVDescription based upon print version of record.0-8135-6292-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.Front matter --Contents --Foreword --Preface: Doing the Jewish Family --Introduction --1. Terms of Debate --2. State of the Question --3. In a New Key --Notes --Bibliography --IndexFrom stories of biblical patriarchs and matriarchs and their children, through the Gospel's Holy Family of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, and to modern Jewish families in fiction, film, and everyday life, the family has been considered key to transmitting Jewish identity. Current discussions about the Jewish family's supposed traditional character and its alleged contemporary crisis tend to assume that the dynamics of Jewish family life have remained constant from the days of Abraham and Sarah to those of Tevye and Golde in Fiddler on the Roof and on to Philip Roth's Portnoy's Complaint. Jonathan Boyarin explores a wide range of scholarship in Jewish studies to argue instead that Jewish family forms and ideologies have varied greatly throughout the times and places where Jewish families have found themselves. He considers a range of family configurations from biblical times to the twenty-first century, including strictly Orthodox communities and new forms of family, including same-sex parents. The book shows the vast canvas of history and culture as well as the social pressures and strategies that have helped shape Jewish families, and suggests productive ways to think about possible futures for Jewish family forms.Key words in Jewish studies ;v. 4.JewsIdentityJewish familiesConduct of lifeHistoryJewish familiesReligious lifeHistoryJewsIdentity.Jewish familiesConduct of lifeHistory.Jewish familiesReligious lifeHistory.305.892/4Boyarin Jonathan1475923MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910788303103321Jewish families3690319UNINA