Gender and assimilation in modern Jewish history
Subtitle: the roles and representation of women
By: Paula E. Hyman.
Series: The Samuel & Althea Stroum lectures in Jewish studies; Samuel and Althea Stroum lectures in Jewish studies.
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Seattle
Language: eng
Number of pages: 197
Subjects: Jews -- Cultural assimilation -- Europe; Jews -- Cultural assimilation -- United States; Jewish women -- Europe -- Social conditions; Jewish women -- United States -- Social conditions; Europe -- Ethnic relations; United States -- Ethnic relations
Description: Explores the relation between gender and the encounter of Jews with various conditions of Modernity. She makes clear that the study of the process of Jewish assimilation in contemporary times must include women and gender in its framework.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 171-190) and index.