The Jew's body
By: Sander Gilman.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 1991
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 303
Subjects: Freud, Sigmund, 1856-1939 -- Religion; Antisemitism -- Psychological aspects; Psychoanalysis; Jews -- Public opinion; Self-perception; Stereotype (Psychology)
Description: "Drawing on a wealth of medical and historical materials, Sander Gilman sketches details of the anti-Semitic rhetoric about the Jewish body and mind, including medical and popular depictions of the Jewish voice, feet, and nose. Case studies illustrate how Jews have responded to such public misconceptions as the myth of the cloven foot and Jewish flat-footedness, the proposed link between the Jewish mind and hysteria, and the Victorians' irrational connection between Jews and prostitutes. Gilman is especially concerned with the role of psychoanalysis in the construction of anti-Semitism, examining Freud's attitude towards his own Jewishness and its effect on his theories, as well as the supposed "objectiveness" of psychiatrists and social scientists."--Pub. desc.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [244]-295) and index.