Queer Ahasver? The "Wandering Jew" in Early German Queer Magazine Culture (1896-1933).
This paper examines the ways in which the figure of Ahasver, the so-called "Wandering Jew," was utilized by the early German queer magazine culture (1896-1933), with particular attention to literary texts that explore homosocial and homosexual desire between men. Ahasver is an ambivalent figure, wit...
| Publicado en: | Shofar: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Jewish Studies Vol. 43; no. 3; pp. 70 - 95 |
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| Formato: | Literary Criticism |
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Purdue University Press
2025
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