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Moses and multiculturalism [[electronic resource] /] / Barbara Johnson ; foreword by Barbara Rietveld



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Autore: Johnson Barbara <1947-2009.> Visualizza persona
Titolo: Moses and multiculturalism [[electronic resource] /] / Barbara Johnson ; foreword by Barbara Rietveld Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2010
Edizione: 1st ed.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (127 p.)
Disciplina: 222/.1092
Soggetto topico: Multiculturalism
Soggetto non controllato: bible stories
bible
biblical figures
biblical passages
christian stories
christian
contemporary multiculturalism
critical theory
cross cultural
discussion books
ethical debates
foundation narratives
historical perspective
literary criticism
literary theory
moses
movies
multicultural story
multiculturalism
nationalism
novels
opera
philosophical questions
philosophy
poems
religious literature
semiotics
sigmund freud
story of moses
world religions
Classificazione: 11.41
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 97-104) and index.
Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. The Biblical Moses -- Chapter 2. Moses and the Law -- Chapter 3. Flavius Josephus -- Chapter 4. Frances E. W. Harper -- Chapter 5. Moses, the Egyptian -- Chapter 6. Freud's Moses -- Chapter 7. Hurston's Moses -- Chapter 8. The German Moses -- Chapter 9. Moses, the Movie -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Index
Sommario/riassunto: Countering impressions of Moses reinforced by Sigmund Freud in his epoch-making Moses and Monotheism, this concise, engaging work begins with the perception that the story of Moses is at once the most nationalist and the most multicultural of all foundation narratives. Weaving together various texts-biblical passages, philosophy, poems, novels, opera, and movies-Barbara Johnson explores how the story of Moses has been appropriated, reimagined, and transmitted across cultures and historical moments. But she finds that already in the Bible, the story of Moses is a multicultural story, the story of someone who functions well in a world to which he, unbeknownst to the casual observer, does not belong. Using the Moses story as a lens through which to view questions at the heart of contemporary literary, philosophical, and ethical debates, Johnson shows how, through a close analysis of this figure's recurrence through time, we might understand something of the paradoxes, if not the impasses of contemporary multiculturalism.
Titolo autorizzato: Moses and multiculturalism  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-282-76398-9
9786612763984
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 996320163003316
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Serie: Flashpoints (Berkeley, Calif.) ; ; 2.