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The Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Jewish Cultures

Book information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2014
ISBN
0415473780, 9780415473781
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (3492777 bytes)
Series
Routledge Literature Handbooks
Edition
1
Pages
414\415
Scanned
yes
Time added
2014-09-23 00:12:40

Description

The Routledge Handbook to Contemporary Jewish Cultures explores the diversity of Jewish cultures and the various ways of investigating them, presenting the different methodologies, arguments, and challenges within the discipline. This handbook considers in turn: How the individual terms ‘Jewish’ and ‘Culture’ are defined looking at perspectives from Religious Studies, Sociology, Literary Studies, Musicology, Anthropology, Art and Geography How Jewish Cultures are theorised, considering key themes such as textuality, bodies, power Offers case studies in Jewish Cultures With essays from leading scholars in Jewish Culture, this handbook offers a clear overview of the field and offers exciting new directions for the future.

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