JWST319K

Special Topics in Jewish Studies; Jewry of Muscle: Zionism and Jewish Masculinity

Cross-listed with ISRL329K. Credit only granted for JWST319K or ISRL329K. Part of the Zionist cultural project involved creating a new Jewish masculinity that would replace the diasporic "sissy Jew" with a strong, healthy new "Jewry of Muscle." Using literary and cinematic sources, we will analyze how these Zionist and Israeli cultural productions served to build (and sometimes undermine) this new model of Jewish masculinity.

Sister Courses: JWST319A, JWST319C, JWST319D, JWST319F, JWST319G, JWST319L, JWST319M, JWST319N, JWST319O, JWST319P, JWST319R, JWST319T, JWST319V, JWST319W, JWST319X, JWST319Y

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