Being Jewish (and) in Love

Two and a Half Stories about Jews, Germans and Love
1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-3-95565-380-4
Verlag: Hentrich & Hentrich

Buch, Englisch, 136 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 233 mm

What does it mean to be in search of love as a young Jewish adult in Germany? How are closeness and distance experienced, negotiated and shaped in romantic encounters? In which contexts could it matter if the other person is Jewish? In the book, the author discusses these questions with the help of two stories of young Jewish adults. Based on biographical interviews, the author gives an insight into the complexity of the social, emotional and biographical dimensions that are negotiated with the desire for a love relationship.
Interwoven with this, the author uses autoethnographic fragments to reflect her own history and positioning as non-Jewish majority German and the ethical questions that arise for her research and writing.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Schaum, Ina

Weitere Mitwirkende

Lezzi, Eva

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Deutsche Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte des Judentums (Diaspora)
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Geschichte des Judentums Geschichte des Judentums außerhalb Israels/Palästinas

Über Autor(innen)

Schaum, Ina
is a sociologist based in Frankfurt/Main. Currently, she works on her dissertation project
about narrations about love of young Jewish adults. She is a fellow of Ernst Ludwig Ehrlich Studienwerk. She works as a volunteer in a project for Shoah survivors, and is co-founder of the working group “Love, Emotions, and Intimacies” at Goethe University.