Women, Men and Books: Issues of Gender in Yiddish Discourse

Gennady Estraikh; Mikhail Krutikov

Women, Men and Books
Issues of Gender in Yiddish Discourse

Edited by Gennady Estraikh and Mikhail Krutikov

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Studies In Yiddish 16

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30 December 2019 • 206pp

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Yiddish literature is commonly perceived as a gendered cultural space, as neatly summarised by the line 'Story books for women, holy books for men' in the opening scene of the popular movie Yentl. Yet it is well known that the traditional dichotomy oversimplifies the issue of gender in Yiddish literature. This volume seeks to give a more multi-faceted picture of the topic, investigating the representation of gender in Yiddish literary works, the gendered self-representation of Yiddish authors, and the (implied) expectations with respect to the gender of the Yiddish target readership. It also considers debates and reflections about gender in Yiddish literary criticism and journalism, exploring the participation and positioning of Yiddish cultural critics in this discourse.

Reviews:

‘The book presents the most recent research on the subject of gender in Yiddish literature and culture and paints a far more complex picture of gender roles in Eastern European Jewish life than is portrayed in traditional sources... As gender and sexuality are increasingly being understood as fluid, rather than determined categories, this kind of research is extremely significant for those of us who still speak, write and create in Yiddish, and want to hold on to it as a living language, capable of expressing all of our experiences.’ — Annabel Cohen, Forward 23 November 2020

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ix-x	List of Contributors Gennady Estraikh, Mikhail Krutikov doi:10.2307/j.ctv16km1f5.3	Cite
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1-6	Introduction: Women, Men, and Books: Issues of Gender in Yiddish Discourse Mikhail Krutikov doi:10.2307/j.ctv16km1f5.4	Cite
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7-18	Chapter 1 the Old Yiddish Ŝeder Nošim and the Querelle Des Femmes Arnaud Bikard doi:10.2307/j.ctv16km1f5.5	Cite
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19-35	Chapter 2 the Marxist Theory of Primeval Matriarchy in Yiddish Intellectual Discourse: Gender Between Anti-Religious Radicalism, Orthodox Judaism, and A New Metaphysics of Yidishkayt Roland Gruschka doi:10.2307/j.ctv16km1f5.6	Cite
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36-64	Chapter 3 ‘Mother, in the Chain of Generations, I Am the Broken Link Between You and My Child’: the Experience of Being A Mother and A Daughter in Yiddish Poetry By Women Joanna Lisek doi:10.2307/j.ctv16km1f5.7	Cite
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65-79	Chapter 4 Yidishe Dikhterins, Nice Jewish Girls: Creating Communities in Jewish Literary History Zohar Weiman-Kelman doi:10.2307/j.ctv16km1f5.8	Cite
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80-92	Chapter 5 the Best-Selling Shomer and His Fear of Emancipated Women Gennady Estraikh doi:10.2307/j.ctv16km1f5.9	Cite
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93-107	Chapter 6 Dreams of A Jewish Queen: A Literary Itinerary of National-Sexual Desires, From the Book of Esther To Aaron Zeitlin’s Esterke Roni Masel doi:10.2307/j.ctv16km1f5.10	Cite
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108-122	Chapter 7 Between Talmud and Feminism: Bashevis Singer’s Playful Jugglery in His Bilingual Corpus Valentina Fedchenko doi:10.2307/j.ctv16km1f5.11	Cite
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123-138	Chapter 8 the Forbidden Fruit: Gender and Desire in David Hofstein’s Early Poetry Sabine Koller doi:10.2307/j.ctv16km1f5.12	Cite
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139-151	Chapter 9 ‘Ikh Hob Lib Shlangen’: Virility and Di Yunge Eitan Kensky doi:10.2307/j.ctv16km1f5.13	Cite
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152-161	Chapter 10 Gendered War in Aharon Reuveni’s Yerusholayim in Shotn Fun Shverd Yaakov Herskovitz doi:10.2307/j.ctv16km1f5.14	Cite
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162-172	Chapter 11 the Kmoy-Conquest of South America: Yankev Botoshansky and the Masculine Imaginary of Yiddish Literature William Gertz Runyan doi:10.2307/j.ctv16km1f5.15	Cite
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173-190	Chapter 12 the ‘Bathroom Crisis’ in the Shtetl: Transgender Identity and Homoerotic Anxiety in Isaac Bashevis Singer Alexandra Tali Herzog doi:10.2307/j.ctv16km1f5.16	Cite
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191-196	Index Gennady Estraikh, Mikhail Krutikov doi:10.2307/j.ctv16km1f5.17	Cite
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Estraikh, Gennady, and Mikhail Krutikov (eds), Women, Men and Books: Issues of Gender in Yiddish Discourse, Studies In Yiddish, 16 (Legenda, 2019)

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Women, Men and BooksIssues of Gender in Yiddish Discourse

Edited by Gennady Estraikh and Mikhail Krutikov

Women, Men and Books
Issues of Gender in Yiddish Discourse