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Circumcision Ceremony
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Between 1723 and 1737, illustrator Bernard Picart partnered with the Dutch bookseller and publisher Jean-Frédéric Bernard on Cérémonies et coutumes religieuses de tous les peuples du monde (Religious…

Contributor:

Bernard Picart

Places:

Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

Date:

1722

Subjects:

Life cycle, Circumcision, Family, Children, Ritual & observance

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Print & Book Culture
Print of two scenes, both with French text below: the top of baby on man's lap surrounded by people with bed in background, the bottom showing many people in ornate room with baby crib.
Portrait of Jacques Derrida as a Young Jewish Saint
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This is a story that begins with J. It was the fifteenth of July 1930. It’s about J; it’s about a consonant still a little vowelish, a little i-ish in the aftermath of a magic philology. Were I not…

Contributor:

Hélène Cixous

Places:

Paris, France

Date:

2001

Subjects:

Jewish identity, Philosophy, Language and linguistics, Circumcision, Family

Categories:

Political Culture, Science & Philosophy, Language & Linguistics, Literature