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Tova Rosen - Unveiling Eve - 9780812237108 - V9780812237108
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Unveiling Eve

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Description for Unveiling Eve Hardback. Provides a feminist inquiry into the Hebrew poetry and prose forms cultivated in Muslim and Christian Spain, Italy, and Provence in the eleventh through fourteenth centuries. This book considers the positions and positioning of female figures and female voices within Jewish male discourse. Series: Jewish Culture & Contexts. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 560.

Selected by Choice magazine as an Outstanding Academic Title
Unveiling Eve is the first feminist inquiry into the Hebrew poetry and prose forms cultivated in Muslim and Christian Spain, Italy, and Provence in the eleventh through fourteenth centuries. In the Jewish Middle Ages, writing was an exclusively male competence, and textual institutions such as the study of scripture, mysticism, philosophy, and liturgy were men's sanctuaries from which women were banished. These domains of male expertise—alongside belles lettres, on which Rosen's book focuses—served as virtual laboratories for experimenting with concepts of femininity and masculinity, hetero- and homosexuality, feminization and virilization, ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
Series
Jewish Culture & Contexts
Number of Pages
280
Place of Publication
Pennsylvania, United States
ISBN
9780812237108
SKU
V9780812237108
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About Tova Rosen
Tova Rosen is Associate Professor of Hebrew Literature at Tel Aviv University.

Reviews for Unveiling Eve
"Rosen's discourse is dense but enlightening; in a clear and nuanced fashion she demonstrates the benefits to be gained through gender premises in literary pursuits. . . . Highly recommended.""
Choice
"Rosen wears her vast learning lightly and well. She brings to bear on the texts an enormous erudition in the various genres of Hebrew writing from medieval ... Read more

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