Enforced marginality : Jewish narratives on abandoned wives /

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Explores the problem of abandoned Jewish wives, or agunes ("chained wives") - women who under Jewish law could not obtain a divorce and of the men who deserted them. This book also explores representations of abandoned wives while tracing the demographic movements of Jews in the West. It d...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Goldstein, Bluma
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2007.
Colección:S. Mark Taper Foundation imprint in Jewish studies.
Temas:
Agunahs.
Jewish women > Legal status, laws, etc.
Jewish women in literature.
Jewish literature > History and criticism.
Agounot.
Juives dans la littérature.
Littérature juive > Histoire et critique.
RELIGION > Judaism > Rituals & Practice.
RELIGION > Judaism > General.
Jewish literature.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:Explores the problem of abandoned Jewish wives, or agunes ("chained wives") - women who under Jewish law could not obtain a divorce and of the men who deserted them. This book also explores representations of abandoned wives while tracing the demographic movements of Jews in the West. It describes the dynamics of power between men and women
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xxv, 206 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-198) and index.
ISBN:9780520933415
0520933419
9781435611351
1435611357
9780520249684
0520249682
1282359185
9781282359185
1433709775
9781433709777

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