The Femininity Puzzle

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Gender, Orientalism and the Jewish Other

By Ulrike Brunotte

Series: Historical Gender Studies

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In the Hobsbawmian long 19th century, The Femininity Puzzle by Ulrike Brunotte examines how gender, sexualization, and feminization were central to constructing the Jewish Other. Through exploring literature, psychoanalysis, and performing arts, the book reveals the ambivalence of racialised stereotypes. It highlights two key themes: the effeminization of the male Jew in antisemitic discourse, and the transgressive femininity associated with Jewish women, especially the Orientalised figure of the Beautiful Jewess.
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An exploration of how gender and especially ambivalent feminization were crucial in fin de siècle allosemitic constructions of the »Jewish Other«.

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In the Hobsbawmian long 19th century, gender and processes of sexualization and feminization have been crucial in the construction of the Jewish Other. Ulrike Brunotte explores how these processes came about by addressing imaginative, aesthetic, and epistemological questions.

She analyzes how literature, psychoanalysis and the performing arts traverse and react to the ambivalence of racialized stereotypes. The femininity puzzle presents itself in two ways: first in the role of effeminization of the male Jew in antisemitic discourse, and then in the transgressive forms of femininity connected to Jewish women, especially the allosemitic Orientalization in the figure of the Beautiful Jewess.

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ISBN: 9783837658217

Publisher: Transcript Verlag

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 05 September 2022

Country: Germany

Imprint: Transcript Verlag

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 1.0mm

Width: 15.0mm

Height: 23.0mm

Weight: 340g

Pages: 236

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Education & Reference Non-Fiction Series: Historical Gender Studies Ulrike Brunotte

About the Author

Ulrike Brunotte (Prof. Dr.) arbeitete bis zu ihrer Pensionierung im Oktober 2021 als Associate Professor für Gender und Diversität an der Universität Maastricht (NL) und als apl. Professorin an der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.

The Femininity Puzzle