The Jew's Body

by Sander L. Gilman

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Drawing on a wealth of medical and historical materials, Sander Gilman sketches details of the anti-Semitic rhetoric about the Jewish body and mind, including medical and popular depictions of the Jewish voice, feet, and nose. Case studies illustrate how Jews have responded to such public misconceptions as the myth of the cloven foot and Jewish flat-footedness, the proposed link between the Jewish mind and hysteria, and the Victorians' irrational...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0415904595

ISBN13:9780415904599

Release Date:September 1992

Publisher:Routledge

Length:316 Pages

Weight:1.16 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Age Range:18 years and up

Grade Range:Postsecondary

Related Subjects

Anthropology Criticism & Theory Cultural History History & Criticism Humanities Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections Literature Movements & Periods

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