{"product_id":"on-femininities-in-the-song-of-songs-and-beyond-the-most-beautiful-woman-paperback","title":"On Femininities in the Song of Songs and Beyond: \"The Most Beautiful Woman\" - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eVita Daphna Arbel\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eLaura Quick\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eJacqueline Vayntrub\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVita Daphna Arbel uses critical theories of gender to offer an alternative reading of the multilayered conceptualization of the Song of Song's feminine protagonist: \"the most beautiful woman\". Arbel treats \"the most beautiful woman\" as a culturally constructed and performed representation of \"woman,\" and situates this representation within the cultural--discursive contexts in which the Song partly emerged. She examines the gender norms and cultural ideologies it both reflects and constructs, and considers the manner in which this complex representation disrupts rigid, ahistorical notions of femininity, and how it consequently indirectly characterizes \"womanhood\" as dynamic and diverse. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFinally, Arbel examines the reception and impact of these ideas on later conceptualizations of the Song of Songs' female protagonist with a heuristic examination of Mark Chagall's Song of Songs painting cycle\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eL\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003ee Cantique des Cantiques\u003c\/i\u003e. These compositions-selected for their diverse depictions of the Song's protagonist, their impact on European art, and their vast popularity and bearing in the broader cultural imagination-illustrate a fascinating dialogue between the present and the past about the \"most beautiful woman\" and about multiple femininities.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eVita Daphna Arbel\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor Emerita of Biblical\/Early Jewish Literature at the The University of British Columbia, Canada.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 192\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.42 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 27, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42740221444192,"sku":"9780567700094","price":95.45,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0598\/1922\/9280\/files\/BDFlOZMq749780567700094.webp?v=1778082855","url":"https:\/\/bijoucc.myshopify.com\/products\/on-femininities-in-the-song-of-songs-and-beyond-the-most-beautiful-woman-paperback","provider":"CARIBBEAN CONNECT","version":"1.0","type":"link"}