Queer Theory and the Jewish Question

Between Men-Between Women: Lesbian and Gay Studies

by Daniel Boyarin (Editor)

The essays in this volume boldly map the historically resonant intersections between Jewishness and queerness, between homophobia and anti-Semitism, and between queer theory and theorizations of Jewishness. With important essays by such well-known figures in queer and gender studies as Judith Butler, Daniel Boyarin, Marjorie Garber, Michael Moon, and Eve Sedgwick, this book is not so much interested in revealing―outing―"queer Jews" as it is in exploring the complex social arrangements and processes through which modern Jewish and homosexual identities emerged as traces of each other during the last two hundred years.

Genres: Queer, Judaism, Jewish, Nonfiction, LGBT, Theory, Religion

464 pages, Hardcover

First published November 19, 2003

About the author

Daniel Boyarin, Taubman Professor of Talmudic Culture and rhetoric at the University of California, Berkeley, is the recipient of numerous awards and fellowships. His books include A Radical Jew, Border Lines, and Socrates and the Fat Rabbis. He lives in Berkeley, California.

Reviews

[Jasper · Rating 4 out of 5]

once again cannot stand academic babble and am not a fan of a lot of the outdated terms used here but overall this was still a pretty snazzy read and i learned a lot!!