Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. 1. No-Woman's-Land: Medieval Hebrew Literature and Feminist Criticism 1
5. 2. Gazing at the Gazelle: Woman in Male Love Lyric 30
6. 3. Veils and Wiles: Poetry as Woman 64
7. 4. Poor Soul, Pure Soul: The Soul as Woman 83
8. 5. Domesticating the Enemy: Misogamy in a Jewish Marriage Debate 103
9. 6. Among Men: Homotextuality in the Maqāma 124
10. 7. Clothes Reading: Cross-Dressing in the Maqāma 149
11. 8. Circumcised Cinderella: Jewish Gender Trouble 168
12. Afterword 187
13. Notes 191
14. Index 253
15. Acknowledgments 263