Jewish Masculinities

German Jews, Gender, and History

256 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Stereotyped as delicate and feeble intellectuals, Jewish men in German-speaking lands in fact developed a rich and complex spectrum of male norms, models, and behaviors. Jewish Masculinities explores conceptions and experiences of masculinity among Jews in Germany from the 16th through the late 20th century as well as emigrants to North America, Palestine, and Israel. The volume examines the different worlds of students, businessmen, mohels, ritual slaughterers, rabbis, performers, and others, shedding new light on the challenge for Jewish men of balancing German citizenship and cultural affiliation with Jewish communal solidarity, religious practice, and identity.

• Reihe: Indiana University Press (IPS)
• ISBN: 9780253002068
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 01.07.2012
• Größe: 229 x 152 mm
• Verlag: Indiana University Press
• Herausgegeben von: Benjamin Maria Baader, Sharon Gillerman, Paul Lerner