Abstract
This essay offers a reading of a captivity narrative which appears in the memoirs of Glikl Bas Leib. Glikl's understanding of cross-cultural contact is especially intriguing in light of the writer's personal background as a woman, a mother, and a Jew. As in many other Jewish discussions of "the Exotic," Glikl's story reveals Jewish-specific fantasies and anxieties, however it also reflects more general concerns, found also amongst Glikl's non-Jewish contemporaries. The essay offers a review of these concerns as they crystallize in Glikl's memoirs, in an attempt to place this text both in its Jewish and in its non-Jewish context
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 57-77 |
Number of pages | 21 |
Journal | Eighteenth-Century Studies |
Volume | 44 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1 Jan 2010 |
Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Cultural Studies
- General Arts and Humanities