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Jewish Feminists: Complex Identities and Activist Lives

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Description for Jewish Feminists: Complex Identities and Activist Lives Paperback. How Jewishness and feminism converged in the life histories of twentieth-century activists Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; JFFK; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 10. Weight in Grams: 216.

Studying American Jewish feminism from the 1960s and '70s, Jewish Feminists examines how second-wave feminist activists retrospectively construct their identities as Jews and how these constructions have changed throughout their lives. Dina Pinsky argues that these Jewish feminists experience a sense of ambivalence as both feminists and Jews as they ask how being Jewish makes them different from other women (or feminist men). Drawing from interviews with more than two dozen second-wave feminist Jews, of which five are men, Pinsky describes how these identities sometimes coincide or contrast. The book demonstrates that Jews share a unique relationship to gender, influenced ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
152
Condition
New
Number of Pages
152
Place of Publication
Baltimore, United States
ISBN
9780252076770
SKU
V9780252076770
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About Dina Pinsky
Dina Pinsky is an assistant professor of sociology at Arcadia University in Glenside, Pennsylvania.

Reviews for Jewish Feminists: Complex Identities and Activist Lives
"A well-researched analysis of the complimentary yet sometimes tension-inducing interactions between Judaism, Jewishness, and feminism."
Jewish Book World "Pinsky creates an artful map of shifting Jewish feminist identities over time."
Shofar "Recommended."
Choice  “Pinsky's work introduces the unique cultural experience of Jews into the feminist dialogue with much success. . . .Informative and enjoyable from chapter to chapter.”
Contemporary Sociology "Delightful to read, this ... Read more

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