essay

Equality does not mean sameness: the role of women within the Lubavitcher marriage

encounters with american ethnic cultures • Tuscaloosa, Ala. • Published In 1990 • Pages: 151-178

By: Baldinger, Philip.

Abstract
This work is a student essay for a senior conference in anthropology focused around the concept of ethnicity. Fieldwork averaged about five months for the students involved. Baldinger focuses on the role of married women in the Lubavitcher Hasidim community, and presents data from Philadelphia and Brooklyn. Baldinger draws no specific conclusions about the status of married women, but he seems to accept the Lubavitcher view that the roles of men and women are different and complementary, and that women's role are equal to or 'more equal' to men's roles.
Subjects
History and culture change
Gender status
Family relationships
Theological systems
Purification and atonement
culture
North American Hasidic Jews
HRAF PubDate
1996
Region
North America
Sub Region
Regional, Ethnic and Diaspora Cultures
Document Type
essay
Evaluation
Creator Type
Ethnologist
Document Rating
5: Excellent Primary Data
Analyst
Ron Johnson ; 1995
Field Date
several months within 1985 - 1987 time period
Coverage Date
variable
Coverage Place
Philadelphia, Pa., and Crown Heights, Brooklyn, N.Y., United States
Notes
Philip Baldinger
Includes bibliographical references (p. 340-359)
LCCN
89033864
LCSH
Jews