| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 191 pages) |
| Series |
Studies in Orthodox Judaism |
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Studies in Orthodox Judaism.
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| Contents |
Feminism and Orthodoxy -- Representing Orthodoxy -- The Orthodox romance : veiled complaint and ambivalence extreme in Hanna Bat Shahar -- Yehudit Rotem's consciousness-raising novels -- Revaluing the traditional in American Jewish women's writing -- Politics, nationalism and the secular-religious rift -- Inclusivity and transformation |
| Summary |
Representation of the religious sector is a new phenomenon in modern Israeli literature, emerging from a diversification of Israeli culture that began in the 1970s. Barbara Landress here explores the intricacies of fiction about Orthodox women in contemporary contexts, offering a subtle interpretation of the conflicts in Orthodox women's lives as they weave their way through daughterhood, motherhood, politics, and personal dilemmas, negotiating between tradition and modernity. Drawing on sociology, anthropology, and feminist theory, this body of Israeli women's writing is considered in comparative perspective with American feminist fiction of the 1960s and 1970s as well as with contemporary American Jewish women's writing that engages Orthodoxy |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-185) and index |
| Notes |
In English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
American fiction -- Women authors -- History and criticism
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Orthodox Judaism.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General.
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American fiction -- Women authors
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Orthodox Judaism
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781618111937 |
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1618111930 |
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