Title: Masculinity, anti-semitism, and early modern English literature
Subtitle: from the satanic to the effeminate Jew
Description: "Offering a profound re-assessment of the conceptual, rhetorical, and cultural intersections among sexuality, race and religion in English Renaissance texts, this study argues that anti-Semitism is a by-product of tensions between received Classical conceptions of masculinity and Christianity's strident critique of that ideal. Utilizing works by Shakespeare, Milton, Marlowe and others, Biberman illustrates how modern anti-Semitism develops as a way to stigmatize hypermasculine behavior, thus facilitating the transformation of the culture's gender ideal from knight to businessman. Subsequently, the function of anti-Semitic image changes from Jew-Devil to Jew-Sissy. Biberman traces this shift's repercussions, both in Renaissance culture and what followed it."--Jacket.
Subjects: History, Jews, Antisemitism, Masculinity in literature, English literature, Antisemitism in literature, Jews in literature, History and criticism, Sex role in literature, Satanism in literature, English language, early modern, 1500-1700, Jews, great britain, Satanism, Juifs dans la littérature, Antisémitisme, Histoire, Antisémitisme dans la littérature, Masculinité dans la littérature, Satanisme dans la littérature, Rôle selon le sexe dans la littérature, Early modern
Places: England
Time periods: 17th century, 16th century, Early modern, 1500-1700