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The Christian Jew and the unmarked Jewess : the polemics of sameness in medieval English anti-Judaism /

In The Christian Jew and the Unmarked Jewess, Adrienne Williams Boyarin explores medieval fantasies of Jewish-Christian indistinguishability. Identifying what she calls "polemics of sameness," an essential part of anti-Jewish materials, she shows how the fine line between "saming"...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Williams Boyarin, Adrienne, 1976- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2021]
Series:Middle Ages series.
Subjects:
Antisemitism > Great Britain > History.
Jewish women > Great Britain.
Jewish Christians > Great Britain.
Jews in literature.
Great Britain > History > Medieval period, 1066-1485.
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Summary:In The Christian Jew and the Unmarked Jewess, Adrienne Williams Boyarin explores medieval fantasies of Jewish-Christian indistinguishability. Identifying what she calls "polemics of sameness," an essential part of anti-Jewish materials, she shows how the fine line between "saming" and "othering" reveals stereotypes of the unmarked Jewess.
Physical Description:x, 325 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780812252590
0812252594