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 persons life that suicidealthough forbidden by the Jewish religionwould seem preferable?