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The Jewish body : a history  Cover Image Book Book

The Jewish body : a history

Jütte, Robert (author.). Bredeck, Elizabeth, (translator.).

Summary: "This book is a cultural history of practices relating to and tropes about the Jewish body over 2000 years"--

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  • ISBN: 0812252659
  • ISBN: 9780812252651
  • Physical Description: 333 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
    print
  • Publisher: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2021]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Originally published as: Leib und Leben im Judentum (Jüdischer Verlag im Suhrkamp Verlag Berlin, 2016).
Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-321) and index.
Formatted Contents Note: Chapter 1. The biological body -- Chapter 2. The (un)covered and altered body -- Chapter 3. The sex of the body -- Chapter 4. The intact body -- Chapter 5. The ailing body -- Chapter 6. The body in need -- Chapter 7. The mortal body.
Language Note:
Translated from the German.
Subject: Human body -- Religious aspects -- Judaism
Body image -- Religious aspects -- Judaism
Sex -- Religious aspects -- Judaism
Jews -- Health and hygiene

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Camosun College Library.

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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Circulation Modifier Holdable? Status Due Date Courses
Lansdowne Library BM 538 H84 J8813 2021 (Text) 26040003415599 Main Collection Volume hold Available -

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