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Narrative Desire and the Book of Ruth (Hardcover)
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Narrative Desire and the Book of Ruth (Hardcover)
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Stephanie Day Powell illuminates the myriad forms of persuasion,
inducement, discontent, and heartbreak experienced by readers of
Ruth. Writing from a lesbian perspective, Powell draws upon
biblical scholarship, contemporary film and literature, narrative
studies, feminist and queer theories, trauma studies and
psychoanalytic theory to trace the workings of desire that produced
the book of Ruth and shaped its history of reception. Wrestling
with the arguments for and against reading Ruth as a love story
between women, Powell gleans new insights into the ancient world in
which Ruth was written. Ruth is known as a tale of two courageous
women, the Moabite Ruth and her Israelite mother-in-law Naomi. As
widows with scarce means of financial or social support, Ruth and
Naomi are forced to creatively subvert the economic and legal
systems of their day in order to survive. Through exceptional acts
of loyalty, they, along with their kinsman Boaz, re-establish the
bonds of family and community, while preserving the line of
Israel's great king David. Yet for many, the story of Ruth is
deeply dissatisfying. Scholars increasingly recognize how Ruth's
textual "gaps" and ambiguities render conventional interpretations
of the book's meaning and purpose uncertain. Feminist and queer
interpreters question the appropriation of a woman's story to
uphold patriarchal institutions and heteronormative values. Such
avenues of inquiry lend themselves to questions of narrative
desire, that is, the study of how stories frame our desires and how
our own complex longings affect the way we read.
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