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Enforced marginality : Jewish narratives on abandoned wives /
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...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press,
©2007.
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| Colección: | S. Mark Taper Foundation imprint in Jewish studies.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| 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 |
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| 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 |