Her glory all within : rejecting and transforming Orthodoxy in Israeli and American Jewish women's fiction /

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 interpretati...

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Main Author: Landress, Barbara Ann
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Boston : Academic Studies Press, 2012.
Series:Studies in Orthodox Judaism.
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Online Access:Available via EBSCO eBook Collection
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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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xii, 191 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-185) and index.
ISBN:9781618111937
1618111930
9781618111715
161811171X