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Negotiation in the Contact Zone: Reading Joseph and Aseneth from a Postcolonial Perspective
Journal for the Study of Judaism Pub Date : 2021-06-30 , DOI: 10.1163/15700631-bja10035
Sunhee Jun 1
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In Joseph and Aseneth, religious difference is the decisive boundary that separates Aseneth (gentile) and Joseph (Jew). Therefore, Aseneth’s conversion is essential to cross over this boundary in the narrative. In this respect, one may see Joseph and Aseneth as a colonizing text that seems to romanticize Aseneth’s conversion. However, colonial realities never result one-sidedly from the intention of the powerful; they are full of ambiguity, ambivalence, and hybridity. Utilizing the postcolonial concept of contact zone, this article deals with which negotiations between the disparate groups occur in the contact zone, and consequently what unexpected changes happen after the encounter. The union of the two groups in Joseph and Aseneth is characterized as an ambiguous relation rather than as a unilateral assimilation. Aseneth becomes a shelter for anyone who is in danger beyond the religious boundary by redefining the identity given by the angel, City of Refuge.



中文翻译:

接触区的谈判:从后殖民的角度解读约瑟夫和阿塞内特

在约瑟夫和阿塞内特中,宗教差异是阿塞内特(外邦人)和约瑟夫(犹太人)之间的决定性界限。因此,阿塞内特的皈依对于跨越叙事中的这一界限是必不可少的。在这方面,人们可能会将约瑟夫和阿塞内特视为一种殖民文本,似乎将阿塞内特的皈依浪漫化。然而,殖民现实从来都不是片面的强权意图。它们充满了模棱两可、矛盾和混杂。利用接触区的后殖民概念,本文讨论了不同群体之间在接触区发生了哪些谈判,以及在相遇后会发生哪些意想不到的变化。Joseph 和 Aseneth 这两个群体的结合被描述为一种模棱两可的关系,而不是单方面的同化。Aseneth 通过重新定义天使赋予的身份——避难之城,成为任何在宗教边界之外处于危险之中的人的避难所。

更新日期:2021-06-30
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