The State of Desire: Religion and Reproductive Politics in the Promised Land

By:

Lea Taragin-Zeller

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: New York: New York University Press, 2023Description: 190 p., ill.; 24 cmISBN:

9781479817368

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Contents:

Cracks -- Repro-Theologies in the Promised Land -- Creating an Ethical Language -- Reorienting Decision-Making -- Ending.

Summary: "How does state policy shape our most intimate desires? This groundbreaking anthropological approach to the study of desire shows how Orthodox desires and their discontents are reshaped at the intersection of religion, reproduction and politics, highlighting how ethical choreographies between personal desire and the state emerge even in the most traditional settings"-- Provided by publisher.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Cracks -- Repro-Theologies in the Promised Land -- Creating an Ethical Language -- Reorienting Decision-Making -- Ending.

"How does state policy shape our most intimate desires? This groundbreaking anthropological approach to the study of desire shows how Orthodox desires and their discontents are reshaped at the intersection of religion, reproduction and politics, highlighting how ethical choreographies between personal desire and the state emerge even in the most traditional settings"-- Provided by publisher.

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