Embodied differences : the Jew's body and materiality in Russian literature and culture / Henrietta Mondry.

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出版: Boston : Academic Studies Press, 2020.
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总结:"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, the book argues that materiality also embodies fictional constructions that should be approached as a culture-specific material-semiotic interface"--
实物描述:1 online resource (268 pages)
Other format:Print version: Mondry, Henrietta. Embodied differences 9781644694855
提示:Bib#: 3027095
参考书目:Includes bibliographical references and index.
语言:English
ISBN:9781644694862 (electronic bk.)
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