{"product_id":"jewish-families-volume-4-9780813562926","title":"Jewish Families: Volume 4","description":"From stories of biblical patriarchs and matriarchs and their children, through the Gospel's Holy Family of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, and to modern Jewish families in fiction, film, and everyday life, the family has been considered key to transmitting Jewish identity. Current discussions about the Jewish family's supposed traditional character and its alleged contemporary crisis tend to assume that the dynamics of Jewish family life have remained constant from the days of Abraham and Sarah to those of Tevye and Golde in \u003ci\u003eFiddler on the Roof\u003c\/i\u003e and on to Philip Roth's \u003ci\u003ePortnoy's Complaint\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJonathan Boyarin explores a wide range of scholarship in Jewish studies to argue instead that Jewish family forms and ideologies have varied greatly throughout the times and places where Jewish families have found themselves. He considers a range of family configurations from biblical times to the twenty-first century, including strictly Orthodox communities and new forms of family, including same-sex parents. The book shows the vast canvas of history and culture as well as the social pressures and strategies that have helped shape Jewish families, and suggests productive ways to think about possible futures for Jewish family forms.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jonathan Boyarin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Rutgers University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/23\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 206\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.98lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.63d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780813562926\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJONATHAN BOYARIN is the Thomas and Diann Mann Professor of Modern Jewish Studies in the Department of Anthropology at Cornell University. He is the author or coauthor of numerous books, including \u003ci\u003eMornings at the Stanton Street Shul: A Lower East Side Summer\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Unconverted Self: Jews, Indians, and the Identity of Christian Europe\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003ePowers of Diaspora: Two Essays on the Relevance of Jewish Culture\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Rutgers University Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":40180656046195,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":125.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_565c8d33-7b40-4b8d-849e-c9b8d606cec2.jpg?v=1655471448","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/jewish-families-volume-4-9780813562926","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}