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.
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. Starting from the works of Gogol and Dostoevsky through to
contemporary Russian-Jewish women's writing, the book argues that
materiality also embodies fictional constructions that should be
approached as a culture-specific material-semiotic interface.
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