The State of Desire : Religion and Reproductive Politics in the Promised Land / Lea Taragin-Zeller.
Taragin-Zeller, Lea, author.
2023
BM720.S4 T37 2023
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Title The State of Desire : Religion and Reproductive Politics in the Promised Land / Lea Taragin-Zeller.
Author Taragin-Zeller, Lea, author.
ISBN 9781479817382
DOI https://doi.org/10.18574/nyu/9781479817382.001.0001
Published New York, NY : New York University Press, [2023]
Copyright ©2023
Language English
Language Note In English.
Description 1 online resource : 6 b/w illustrations
Other Standard Identifiers 10.18574/nyu/9781479817382.001.0001 doi
Call Number BM720.S4 T37 2023
Dewey Decimal Classification 296.3/664
Summary An intimate account of Orthodox family planning amid shifting state policies in IsraelIn recent years, Israeli state policies have attempted to dissuade Orthodox Jews from creating large families, an objective that flies in the face of traditional practices in their community. As state desires to cultivate a high-income, tech-centered nation come into greater conflict with common Orthodox familial practices, Jewish couples are finding it increasingly difficult to actualize their reproductive aims and communal expectations. In The State of Desire, Lea Taragin-Zeller provides an intimate examination of the often devastating effects of Israel's steep cutbacks in child benefits, which are aimed at limiting the rapid increase in the ultra-Orthodox Jewish population. Taragin-Zeller takes the reader beyond Orthodox taboos, capturing how cracks in religious convictions engender a painful process of re-orientating desires to reproduce amidst shrinking public support, feminism, and new ideals of romance, intimacy and parenting. Paying close attention to ethical dilemmas, the book explores not just pro-ceptive but also contraceptive desires around family formation: when to have children, how many, and at what cost. The volume offers a rare look at issues of contraception in the Orthodox context, and notably includes interviews with men, making the case that we cannot continue to study reproductive choice solely through the perspectives of women. The State of Desire is a groundbreaking anthropological approach to the study of religion and reproduction, and a remarkably intimate account of the delicate balance between personal desires and those of the state.
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EBOOK PACKAGE Theol., Relig.Stud., Jewish Stud. 2023 English
EBOOK PACKAGE Theol., Relig.Stud., Jewish Stud. 2023
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Frontmatter
Contents
Introduction
1. Cracks
2. Repro-Theologies in the Promised Land
3. Creating an Ethical Language
4. Reorienting Decision-Making
5. Ending
Coda
Acknowledgments
Notes
Bibliography
Index
About the Author

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