Dybbuks and Jewish women

In Social History, Mysticism and Folklore

Auteurs

• Elior Rachel

Paramètres

• 128 pages
• 5 heures de lecture

• Féminisme
• Folklore
• Judaïsme
• Nonfiction

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How and why a person comes to be possessed by a dybbuk—the possession of a living body by the soul of a deceased person—and what consequences ensue from such possession, form the subject of this book. Though possession by a dybbuk has traditionally been understood as punishment for a terrible sin, it can also be seen as a mechanism used by desperate individuals—often women—who had no other means of escape from the demands and expectations of an all-encompassing patriarchal social order. Dybbuks and Jewish Women examines these and other aspects of dybbuk possession from historical and phenomenological perspectives, with particular attention to the gender significance of the subject.

Achat du livre

• Année de publication: 2008
• Reliure: (rigide)