Masculinity, anti-semitism and early modern English literature: from the satanic to the effeminate Jew

"Offering a profound re-assessment of the conceptual, rhetorical, and cultural intersections among sexuality, race and religion in English Renaissance texts, this study argues that anti-Semitism is a by-product of tensions between received Classical conceptions of masculinity and Christianity&#...

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1. Verfasser: Biberman, Matthew (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Aldershot [u.a.] Ashgate 2004
Schriftenreihe:Women and gender in the early modern world
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Zusammenfassung:"Offering a profound re-assessment of the conceptual, rhetorical, and cultural intersections among sexuality, race and religion in English Renaissance texts, this study argues that anti-Semitism is a by-product of tensions between received Classical conceptions of masculinity and Christianity's strident critique of that ideal. Utilizing works by Shakespeare, Milton, Marlowe and others, Biberman illustrates how modern anti-Semitism develops as a way to stigmatize hypermasculine behavior, thus facilitating the transformation of the culture's gender ideal from knight to businessman. Subsequently, the function of anti-Semitic image changes from Jew-Devil to Jew-Sissy. Biberman traces this shift's repercussions, both in Renaissance culture and what followed it."--BOOK JACKET.
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:XII, 260 S. Ill., graph. Darst.
ISBN:0754650456

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