The state of desire : religion and reproductive politics in the Promised Land /

The state of desire : religion and reproductive politics in the Promised Land /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Taragin-Zeller, Lea, 1985- author.
Imprint:	New York : New York University Press, [2023]
Description:	191 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Sex -- Religious aspects -- Judaism. Ultra-Orthodox Jews -- Sexual behavior -- Israel. Ultra-Orthodox Jews -- Israel -- Social life and customs. Contraception -- Religious aspects -- Judaism. Sexual ethics. Jewish ethics. Contraception -- Religious aspects -- Judaism. Jewish ethics. Sex -- Religious aspects -- Judaism. Sexual ethics. Israel.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13156922

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ISBN:	9781479817351 147981735X 9781479817368 1479817368 9781479817375 9781479817382
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	"How does state policy shape our most intimate desires? This groundbreaking anthropological approach to the study of desire shows how Orthodox desires and their discontents are reshaped at the intersection of religion, reproduction and politics, highlighting how ethical choreographies between personal desire and the state emerge even in the most traditional settings"--

Table of Contents:

Introduction
1. Cracks
2. Repro-Theologies in the Promised Land
3. Creating an Ethical Language
4. Reorienting Decision-Making
5. Ending
Coda
Acknowledgments
Notes
Bibliography
Index
About the Author