JOSEPH(INE), THE SINGER: THE QUEER JOSEPH AND MODERN JEWISH WRITERS.
This paper takes up the lens of Queer Theory to re-examine the Joseph story, as told in the Bible and as interpreted in rabbinic sources. It also looks at the way this reading relates to four modern works that re-imagine Joseph: Franz Kafka's "Josephine the Singer, or: the Mouse Folk" Nurit Zarchi's...
| Publicado en: | Nashim: A Journal of Jewish Women's Studies & Gender Issues no. 24; pp. 97 - 120 |
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| Formato: | Literary Criticism |
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Indiana University Press
Spring2013
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| Sumario: | This paper takes up the lens of Queer Theory to re-examine the Joseph story, as told in the Bible and as interpreted in rabbinic sources. It also looks at the way this reading relates to four modern works that re-imagine Joseph: Franz Kafka's "Josephine the Singer, or: the Mouse Folk" Nurit Zarchi's "She is Joseph (Hi Yosef), and Esther Ettinger's "A Wire Ladder" (Sulam shel tayil) and "Poem before Sleep" (Hashir shelifnei hasheinah). |
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