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Jews and Feminism

Jews and Feminism Religion & Esotericism

Jews and Feminism

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By interrogating America's promise of a home for Jews as citizens of the liberal state, Jews and Feminism questions the very terms of this social "contract." Maintaining that Jews, women, and Jewish women are not necessarily secure within this construction of the state, Laura Levitt links this contractual construction of belonging and acceptance to legacies of marriage as a contractual home for Jewish women. Exploring the immigration of Jews from Eastern Europe for America, as well as their desire to make this country their permanent home, Levitt raises questions about the search for stability in specific Jewish religious and cultural traditions which is linked to the liberal academy as well as feminist study, thus offering an account of an ambivalent Jewish feminist embrace of America as home.
Product details
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
244
Release Date:
1997-06-01
Publication Date:
1997-07-02
Publisher:
Routledge
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
00711010470415914442
ISBN13:
9780415914444
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
Weight:
510 g
Height:
157 cm
Width:
235 cm
Thickness:
18 cm
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