Jewish Frontiers: Essays on Bodies, Histories, and Identities

by Sander L. Gilman

Book Overview

Jewish history has generally been understood as the history of a people displaced from their homeland, and this has played a defining role in how we understand Jewish identity. In this series of interlinked essays, noted critic Sander L. Gilman suggests that we examine Jewish history from a different starting point. Instead of focusing on "diaspora", Gilman reimagines Jewish history as the story of people living on a "frontier" -- a place where all...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1403965609
• ISBN13: 9781403965608
• Release Date: July 2003
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 243 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.1" x 7.9"