|
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > Women's studies
|
Buy Now
Polin: Studies in Polish Jewry Volume 18 - Jewish Women in Eastern Europe (Paperback, Annotated Ed)
Loot Price: R1,365
Discovery Miles 13 650
|
|
|
Polin: Studies in Polish Jewry Volume 18 - Jewish Women in Eastern Europe (Paperback, Annotated Ed)
Series: Polin: Studies in Polish Jewry, 18
Expected to ship within 10 - 15 working days
|
Donate to Against Period Poverty
Total price: R1,385
Discovery Miles: 13 850
|
Jewish women's exclusion from the public domains of religious and
civil life has been reflected in their near absence in the master
narratives of the East European Jewish past. As a result, the study
of Jewish women in eastern Europe is still in its infancy. The
fundamental task of historians to construct women as historical
subjects, 'as a focus of inquiry, a subject of the story, an agent
of the narrative', has only recently begun. This volume is the
first collection of essays devoted to the study of Jewish women's
experiences in Eastern Europe. The volume is edited by Paula Hyman
of Yale University, a leading figure in Jewish women's history in
the United States, and by ChaeRan Freeze of Brandeis University,
author of a prize-winning study on Jewish divorce in
nineteenth-century Russia. Their Introduction provides a
much-needed historiographic survey that summarizes the major work
in the field and highlights the lacunae. Their contributors,
following this lead, have attempted to go beyond mere description
of what women experienced to explore how gender constructed
distinct experiences, identities, and meanings. In seeking to
recover lost achievements and voices and place them into a broader
analytical framework, this volume is an important first step in the
rethinking of east European Jewish history with the aid of new
insights gleaned from the research on gender. As in earlier volumes
of Polin, substantial space is given, in 'New Views', to recent
research in other areas of Polish-Jewish studies, and there is a
book review section.
General
Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate?
Let us know about it.
Does this product have an incorrect or missing image?
Send us a new image.
Is this product missing categories?
Add more categories.
Review This Product
No reviews yet - be the first to create one!
|
|
Email address subscribed successfully.
A activation email has been sent to you.
Please click the link in that email to activate your subscription.
Welcome to Loot.co.za!
Sign in / Register |Wishlists & Gift Vouchers |Help | Advanced search
