Cross-dressing among medieval Ashkenazi Jews: Confirming challenged group borders

This article deals with explicit permissions for two types of cross-dressing found in the thirteenth-century ethical tract Sefer Chasidim. In order to avoid being sexually assaulted, female Jewish travellers were allowed to disguise themselves as a. Christians, even as nuns, or b. men. This contradi...

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Main Author: Roos, Lena (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Donner Institute 2017
In: Nordisk judaistik
Year: 2017, Volume: 28, Issue: 2, Pages: 4-22
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