Enforced marginality :: Jewish narratives on abandoned wives /

Explores the problem of abandoned Jewish wives, or agunes ("chained wives") - women who under Jewish law could not obtain a divorce and of the men who deserted them. This book also explores representations of abandoned wives while tracing the demographic movements of Jews in the West. It d...

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1. Verfasser: Goldstein, Bluma
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2007.
Schriftenreihe:S. Mark Taper Foundation imprint in Jewish studies.
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Zusammenfassung:Explores the problem of abandoned Jewish wives, or agunes ("chained wives") - women who under Jewish law could not obtain a divorce and of the men who deserted them. This book also explores representations of abandoned wives while tracing the demographic movements of Jews in the West. It describes the dynamics of power between men and women
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xxv, 206 pages) : illustrations
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-198) and index.
ISBN:9780520933415
0520933419
9781435611351
1435611357
9780520249684
0520249682
1282359185
9781282359185
1433709775
9781433709777

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