Overview
- Bridges the anthropology of kinship and religion with legal and social science literature on LGBTQ rights
- Focuses not only on the formation of same-sex parenthood, but also on how collective identities are reproduced, challenged, and transformed
- Demonstrates that same-sex parenthood can provide a useful way of exploring transgenerational continuity and social transformations
Part of the book series: Contemporary Anthropology of Religion (CAR)
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
In Israel, where the Orthodox rabbinate wields historically sanctioned influence over the legal definitions of marriage and parenthood, same-sex parenthood raises important questions such as what constitutes belonging to the national collective, who has the authority to define the norms of reproduction, and where the boundaries of Orthodox Judaism begin and end. Judaism in Motion addresses these questions from a transgenerational perspective that pays heed to how religiously informed rules, norms, and practices of transferring material properties, names, and societal belonging are adopted and transformed. It presents a detailed ethnographic account of the dynamic interaction between kinship, religion, and the state that complicates the commonly held assumption that places same-sex parenthood in a radically secular sphere that stands in stark opposition to Orthodox Judaism. Taking same-sex parenthood as a prism through which society at large is reflected, this volume further explores how transformations of societal structures take place, and what flexibility and leeway exist in organized religions.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Sibylle Lustenberger is Researcher and Lecturer in Social Anthropology at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Judaism in Motion
Book Subtitle: The Making of Same-Sex Parenthood in Israel
Authors: Sibylle Lustenberger
Series Title: Contemporary Anthropology of Religion
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-55104-9
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-55103-2Published: 18 November 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-55106-3Published: 18 November 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-55104-9Published: 17 November 2020
Series ISSN: 2946-3475
Series E-ISSN: 2946-3483
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 267
Number of Illustrations: 3 b/w illustrations, 4 illustrations in colour
Topics: Social Anthropology, Religious Studies, general, Judaism, Anthropology, Medical Anthropology