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Author Lustenberger, Sibylle, author

Title Judaism in motion : the making of same-sex parenthood in Israel / Sibylle Lustenberger
Published Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2020

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Description 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white, and colour)
Series Contemporary anthropology of religion
Contemporary anthropology of religion.
Contents Chapter 1: Orientations -- Chapter 2: Rachel's cry and the paths to lesbian motherhood -- Chapter 3: DNA tests, mamzerut, and the bureaucracies of transnational surrogacy -- Chapter 4: Struggles over recognition -- Chapter 5: Making Jewish children and questions of belonging -- Chapter 6: Transformations from within -- Chapter 7/Conclusion: Same-sex parenthood and the making of Jewish continuity
Summary 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
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Subject Same-sex parents -- Israel
Parenting -- Religious aspects -- Judaism.
Gay couples -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Israel
Orthodox Judaism -- Israel
Gay couples -- Legal status, laws, etc.
Orthodox Judaism
Parenting -- Religious aspects -- Judaism
Same-sex parents
Israel
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9783030551049
3030551040