Linguistic Liaisons: Wives and Vows In the Babylonian Talmud (Bt Nedarim 66A–B).
The process by which phonemes and words have lost—even though in an illusory manner—their character of value, to become reduced to pure signs, will never lead to the same results in matters concerning women. For words do not speak, while women do. Claude Lévi-Strauss This article addresses language...
| Publicado en: | Nashim: A Journal of Jewish Women's Studies & Gender Issues no. 35; pp. 176 - 199 |
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