Haredi Male Bodies in the Public Sphere

Negotiating With the Religious Text and Secular Israeli Men

Datos Bibliográficos

ID20050436
AutoresYohai Hakak (0000-0002-8866-4324, autor de correspondencia)
EditoresJoseph Gelfer
Año2010
Páginas163-196
Fecha de publicación2010-12-31
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoCHAPTER
RevistaBest of Journal of Men, Masculinities and Spirituality (SOURCE_BOOK)
EditorialGorgias Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.31826/9781463226114-010
OpenAlexW2152005310
ISBN9781463226114
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas12
Referencias citadas20

As a fundamentalist religious group, the Israeli Haredi1 community claims to adhere to stable fundamentals of belief which also shape the male body as different from the secular Israeli male body and as opposed to it. In this article I will question such claims by focusing on how young Israeli Haredi men construct their bodies in relation to the secular Israeli body, which is considered their principal 'Other'. I will show that due to the processes the Haredi community is undergoing, and especially the transition of many men from the protected Haredi space to wider Israeli society, the secular body's influence on the Haredi body is increasing in some respects. Other aspects of the Haredi body remain constant and form a challenging alternative to the secular male body. I will also reveal the organizing logic for this process.2 In 1999–2000, the Israeli Haredi community was alarmed at the establishment of a

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