Embodied Differences: The Jew’s Body and Materiality in Russian Literature and Culture - Hardcover

Henrietta Mondry

 
9781644694855: Embodied Differences: The Jew’s Body and Materiality in Russian Literature and Culture
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1644694859 ISBN 13: 9781644694855
Publisher: Academic Studies Press, 2021

Synopsis

This book analyzes the ways in which literary works and cultural discourses employ the construct of the Jew’s body in relation to the material world in order either to establish and reinforce, or to subvert and challenge, dominant cultural norms and stereotypes. It examines the use of physical characteristics, embodied practices, tacit knowledge and senses to define the body taxonomically as normative, different, abject or mimetically desired. Starting from the works of Gogol and Dostoevsky through to contemporary Russian-Jewish women’s writing, broadening the scope to examining the role of objects, museum displays and the politics of heritage food, the book argues that materiality can embody fictional constructions that should be approached on a culture-specific basis.

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About the Author

Henrietta Mondry is Professor in the Department of Global, Cultural and Language Studies at the University of Canterbury. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand and has published widely on cultural history and literature. Her books include Populist Writers and the Jews and Exemplary Bodies: Constructing the Jew in Russian Culture.

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Publisher
Academic Studies Press
Publication date
2021
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1644694859
ISBN 13 
9781644694855
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
268