Jewish Frontiers: Essays on Bodies, Histories, and Identities

by Sander L. Gilman

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Jewish history has generally been understood as the history of a people displaced from their homeland, and this has played a defining role in how we understand Jewish identity. In this series of interlinked essays, noted critic Sander L. Gilman suggests that we examine Jewish history from a different starting point. Instead of focusing on "diaspora", Gilman reimagines Jewish history as the story of people living on a "frontier" -- a place where all...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:1403965609

ISBN13:9781403965608

Release Date:July 2003

Publisher:Palgrave MacMillan

Length:243 Pages

Weight:0.60 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 5.1" x 7.9"

Related Subjects

Criticism & Theory History History & Criticism History of Religion Judaism Social Science Social Sciences World

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