Gaiety on Tisha B'Av
Sexuality, Subjectivity, and Narrative Closure in the Work of Lev Raphael
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8895838 |
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| Authors | David Buchbinder (0000-0002-9470-3473, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1998 |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 163-176 |
| Publication date | 1998-08-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Canadian Review of American Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0007-7720 • E-ISSN: 1710-114X |
| Publisher | University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.3138/cras-028-02-07 |
| OpenAlex | W2087462612 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 4 |
Lev Raphael, a Wharton scholar, is familiar with the idea of taboos and their violation. The very title of his short story collection, Dancing on Tisha B'Av, signals this in connection with religion, specifically Judaism, since Tisha B'Av, in the Jewish Calendar, is a solemn fast day commemorating the destruction of the Second Temple by the Romans. Accordingly, any festive activity, such as dancing, on such a day would be regarded as inappropriate and offensive, if not, indeed, sacrilegious
Art · Epistemology · Human sexuality · Judaism · Literature · Narrative · Offensive · Sociology · Subjectivity · Theology · American and British Literature Analysis · American Jewish Fiction Analysis · Borges, Kipling, and Jewish Identity · Gender Studies · Philosophy
| Highly cited | No |
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