TY - JOUR
T1 - Sarah was a Butch
T2 - Sexual Identity, Gender Practices, and Sarah's Place as Mother in the Jewish National Pantheon
AU - Kalev, Henriette Dahan
PY - 2012/4/1
Y1 - 2012/4/1
N2 - Three fields of discourse regarding a masculine-like woman connect at a point that the queer field calls intersex, medical practice calls a sexual disorder, and rabbinic literature terms aylonit. The queer discursive field focuses on the freedom to choose an identity, but not the freedom from choosing one. The medical field focuses on sexual practice as the source of determining "normal" sexuality. In the discursive field of Jewish law there are no demands, because the Halakhic authority determines gender identity on behalf of the individual, maintaining ambiguity.
AB - Three fields of discourse regarding a masculine-like woman connect at a point that the queer field calls intersex, medical practice calls a sexual disorder, and rabbinic literature terms aylonit. The queer discursive field focuses on the freedom to choose an identity, but not the freedom from choosing one. The medical field focuses on sexual practice as the source of determining "normal" sexuality. In the discursive field of Jewish law there are no demands, because the Halakhic authority determines gender identity on behalf of the individual, maintaining ambiguity.
KW - aylonit
KW - barrenness
KW - butch
KW - intersex
KW - sexuality medicalization
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84859583843&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/10894160.2012.627285
DO - 10.1080/10894160.2012.627285
M3 - Article
C2 - 22455343
AN - SCOPUS:84859583843
SN - 1089-4160
VL - 16
SP - 220
EP - 237
JO - Journal of Lesbian Studies
JF - Journal of Lesbian Studies
IS - 2
ER -
