316 Pages
by
Routledge
316 Pages
by
Routledge
316 Pages
by
Routledge
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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... Read more
Preface 1. The Jewish Voice 2. The Jewish Foot 3. The Jewish Psyche 4. The Jewish Murderer 5. The Jewish Genius 6. The Jewish Reader 7. The Jewish Nose 8. The Jewish Essence 9. The Jewish Disease Conclusion
Biography
Sander Gilman is Goldwin Smith Professor of Humane Studies at Cornell University and Professor of the History of Psychiatry at Cornell Medical College.
