Jewish radical feminism
Subtitle: voices from the women's liberation movement
By: Joyce Antler
Series: The Goldstein-Goren series in American Jewish history; Goldstein-Goren series in American Jewish history
Publisher: NYU Press
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 453
ISBN-13: 9780814707630
Subjects: Women in Judaism; Jewish women; Judaism; Gender identity; Queer theory; Feminism; History
Description: "Fifty years after the start of the women's liberation movement, a book that at last illuminates the profound impact Jewishness and second-wave feminism had on each other"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 381-433) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Part I. "We never talked about it" : Jewishness and women's liberation. "Ready to turn the world upside down" : the "Gang of four," feminist pioneers in Chicago; title: "Feminist sexual liberationists, rootless cosmopolitan Jews" : the New York City movement; title: "Conscious radicals" : the Jewish story of Boston's Bread and Roses; title: Our bodies and our Jewish selves : the Boston Women's Health Book Collective; title: Part II. "Feminism enabled me to be a Jew" : identified Jewish feminists. "We are well educated Jewishly...and we are going to press you" : Jewish feminists challenge religious patriarchy; title: "Jewish women have their noses shortened" : secular feminists fight assimilation; title: "For God's sake, comb your hair! You look like a Vilde Chaye" : Jewish lesbian feminists explore the politics of identity; title: "Rise above the world's nasty squabbles" : international dimensions of Jewish feminism; title: Conclusion; title: Epilogue.