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«Lost on the Map of the World»: Jewish-American Women's Quest for Home in Essays and Memoirs, 1890-Present
Contributor(s): Kafka, Phillipa (Editor)

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 ISBN: 0820455423     ISBN-13: 9780820455426
Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi
OUR PRICE: $32.44  

Binding Type: Paperback
Published: December 2001
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BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Women
- Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social
- Social Science | Ethnic Studies - General
Dewey: 920.720
LCCN: 2001029037
Physical Information: 255 pages
Themes:
- Sex & Gender - Feminine
Review Citations: Reference and Research Bk News 02/01/2002 pg. 45
 
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Lost on the Map of the World explores Jewish-American women's enduring quest from ca. 1890 to the present to find a home(land) where they can have a Jewish identity and still enjoy gender equality. Originally, many were torn between obedience to confining patriarchal tradition and the attractions of an upwardly mobile secular lifestyle. Others opposed all traditional patriarchal constraints against women everywhere and engaged in political activism to improve the quality of all lives, not only their own. In contrast, many 'new wave' Jewish-American women have succeeded in integrating feminism into their Jewish identity, although they have so far failed in their quest to do so in Israel.
 
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