The Plimpton Room, Barker Center, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138
Ilana Szobel | “Disability and Sexuality in Israeli Culture”
A Talk in the Jewish Cultures and Societies Seminar Series, Mahindra Humanities center at Harvard
This talk addresses access to pleasure and sexuality for women with disabilities. Through an examination of the autobiographical photographs of Israeli artist Limor Ashkenazi, it sheds light on a powerful artistic perspective that articulates Crip sexuality, taking pride in the sexual expression that evolves from disability itself.
“The Woman in Red”: A photograph from the exhibition “Standard Mark” (Tav Teken 2016). Photographed by Shimon Bukstein. Courtesy of Limor Ashkenazi.
Image description: A little woman (Limor Ashkenazi) dressed in a red dress and a red feather scarf and wearing heavy makeup is reclining in a seductive position on a chair draped in a silky red cloth.
Co-Sponsored by the Center for Jewish Studies and Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality at Harvard
Ilana Szobel
Visiting Scholar, Center for Jewish Studies, Harvard University
Professor of Modern Hebrew Literature, Joseph H. and Belle R. Braun Chair, Near Eastern and Judaic Studies department;
Core Faculty, Department of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Brandeis University.
