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
Autor principal: Goldstein, Bluma
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2007.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Jewish women in literature.
Jewish literature.
Agunahs.
RELIGION > Judaism > General.
RELIGION > Judaism > Rituals & Practice.
Litterature juive > Histoire et critique.
Juives dans la litterature.
Agounot.
Jewish literature > History and criticism.
Jewish women > Legal status, laws, etc.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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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 (235 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9780520933415

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