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Engendering orthodoxy: newly orthodox women and Hasidism
New world Hasidim : ethnographic studies of Hasidic Jews in America • Albany, N.y. • Published In 1995 • Pages: p 135-160
By: Kaufman, Debra R..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Based on in-depth interviews '…with 150 once secular and often countercultural women who had become Orthodox in their young adult years' (p. 136), this article attempts to compare and contrast the ways in which these women engender and come to understand the symbols and meanings of their lives in women-identified communities located in five major urban areas of the United States -- Boston, Cleveland, New York City, Los Angeles, and San Francisco. Of the total number of women interviewed (150), 85 identified themselves as Hasidic, and these were either Lubavitcher or Bostoner Hasidim. As to be expected, the major part of this work deals with the position of women in Hasidic society, including much information on gender identification processes and practices.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Gender status
- 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
- essay
- 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
- mid 1980s
- 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)
- Lubavitch, Bostoner Hasidim; United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Debra R. Kaufman
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 157-160)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 94000300
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Jews