Bound Up: On Kink, Power, and Belonging by Leora Fridman synced and celebrates a diasporic Jewishness

and celebrates a diasporic Jewishness independent of any one particular territory or land

These texts have been chosen as the best and the most interesting representatives of the genre in terms of cultural history and literary quality: the pious “epicizing” of biblical narrative

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Bound Up: On Kink, Power, and Belonging by Leora Fridman synced and celebrates a diasporic JewishnessIn an autotheoretical journey through bondage, domination, and intimacy, Leora Fridman uncovers how Jewish historical trauma can be challenged and explored in embodied relations. Drawing on her experiences as an American Jew in Germany, Fridman delves into BDSM practices and experimental communities from Oakland to Berlin. This work weaves personal encounters with critical analysis founded in feminist theory, queer literature, Holocaust history, and