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Passionate Women, Passive Men

Passionate Women, Passive Men

Auteur: Janet Hadda

Nombre de pages: 223 pages

ISBN: 088706597X, 9780887065972

Edition: SUNY Press

Date de publication: SUNY Press

Description: Suicide is always a controversial issue. Among Jews, it is often taboo. Stereotypically, Jews do not commit suicide; certainly, they do not discuss it. Passionate Women, Passive Men: Suicide in Yiddish Literature challenges this perception, exploring the problem of suicide through a series of literary case studies. Hadda investigates the lives of these fictional suicides, asking the question: What could be so wrong in a person’s life that suicide—although forbidden by the Jewish religion—would seem preferable?