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...

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Published in:	Nashim: A Journal of Jewish Women's Studies & Gender Issues no. 24; pp. 97 - 120
Main Author:	Zierler, Wendy
Format:	Literary Criticism
Published:	Indiana University Press Spring2013
Subjects:	Story, Joseph, 1779-1845 Kafka, Franz, 1883-1924 Zarchi, Nurit Josephine the Singer or the Mouse Folk (Book) Rabbinical literature
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Summary:	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).