This book analyzes the ways in which literary works and cultural discourses employ the construct of the Jew\'s Body in relation to the material world in order either to establish and reinforce, or to subvert and challenge, dominant cultural norms and stereotypes.
Starting from the works of Gogol and Dostoevsky t.
It examines the use of physical characteristics, Embodied practices, tacit knowledge and senses to define the Body taxonomically as normative, different, abject or mimetically desired.
This book analyzes the ways in which literary works and cultural discourses employ the construct of the Jew\'s Body in relation to the material world in order either to establish and reinforce, or to subvert and challenge, dominant cultural norms and stereotypes