The Jew's Body
1st Edition
Published on 19. August 2016
Book
Hardback
316 pages
978-1-138-14577-1 (ISBN)
Description
Drawing on a wealth of medical and historical materials, Sander Gilman sketches details of the anti-Semitic rhetoric about the Jewish body and mind, including medical and popular depictions of the Jewish voice, feet, and nose. Case studies illustrate how Jews have responded to such public misconceptions as the myth of the cloven foot and Jewish flat-footedness, the proposed link between the Jewish mind and hysteria, and the Victorians' irrational connection between Jews and prostitutes. Gilman is especially concerned with the role of psychoanalysis in the construction of anti-Semitism, examining Freud's attitude towards his own Jewishness and its effect on his theories, as well as the supposed "objectiveness" of psychiatrists and social scientists.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
610 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-138-14577-1 (9781138145771)
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Person
Sander Gilman is Goldwin Smith Professor of Humane Studies at Cornell University and Professor of the History of Psychiatry at Cornell Medical College.
Content
PREFACE; Chapter 1 THE JEWISH VOICE; Chapter 2 THE JEWISH FOOT; Chapter 3 THE JEWISH PSYCHE; Chapter 4 THE JEWISH MURDERER; Chapter 5 THE JEWISH GENIUS; Chapter 6 THE JEWISH READER; Chapter 7 THE JEWISH NOSE; Chapter 8 THE JEWISH ESSENCE; Chapter 9 THE JEWISH DISEASE; Chapter 10 CONCLUSION;