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The Jewish body

Title
The Jewish body / Melvin Konner.
Author
Konner, Melvin.
Publication
New York : Nextbook : Schocken, c2009.

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Description
xi, 285 p. : ill.; 20 cm.
Series Statement
Jewish encounters
Uniform Title
Jewish encounters.
Subject
  • Human body > Religious aspects > Judaism
  • Human body in literature
  • Human body > Social aspects
  • Human body in the Bible
  • Human body in rabbinical literature
  • Jews > Identity
  • Race
  • Stereotypes (Social psychology)
  • Body image > Social aspects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [257]-[270]) and index.
Contents
God's body -- "The fruitful cut" -- Greeks and Jews -- Adam's rib? -- Dangerous bodies -- God's beard -- "Hath not a Jew eyes?" -- Race and destiny -- Surviving -- The body returns -- Tough Jews -- The trowel and the sword -- The eye of the beholder -- Bodily fictions -- Jewish power -- Deborah's daughters -- Jewish genes?.
Call Number
*PYB 10-355
ISBN
  • 9780805242362
  • 0805242368
LCCN
2008017625
OCLC
YBP 2008017625
Author
Konner, Melvin.
Title
The Jewish body / Melvin Konner.
Imprint
New York : Nextbook : Schocken, c2009.
Edition
1st ed.
Series
Jewish encounters
Jewish encounters.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [257]-[270]) and index.
Research Call Number
*PYB 10-355
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