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The women of Williamsburg: a contemporary American Hasidic community

Tradition • 23 (1) • Published In 1993 • Pages: 82-93

By: Kranzler, George.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document

This is a brief summary of the status and role of women in the Hasidic community of Williamsburg, Brooklyn, N.Y., taken in part from Kranzler's book entitled HASIDIC WILLIAMSBURG (see document 12: Kranzler, in this file). Kranzler discusses the woman's role in the household, in the work place, and in the society as a whole.

SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF

Labor supply and employment

Gender status

Arranging a marriage

Household

Priesthood

Congregations

cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)

North American Hasidic Jews

HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document

1996

RegionThe area the document pertains to

North America

Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region

Regional, Ethnic and Diaspora Cultures

Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs

article

Evaluation

Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.

Sociologist

Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.

5: Excellent Primary Data

AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection

John Beierle ; 1995

Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document

1989-1993

Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to

variable

Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)

Satmar; Williamsburg, Brooklyn, N.Y., United States

NotesAdditional notes

Gershon Kranzler

Author listed as Gershon Kranzler as a running title

LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number

65049751

LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings

Jews