essay
Strategies for strength: women and personal empowerment in Lubavitcher Hasidim
encounters with american ethnic cultures • Tuscaloosa, Ala. • Published In 1990 • Pages: 171-221
By: Srinivasan, Gita.
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. Srinivasan focuses on the role of women in Lubavitcher Hasidim culture. She presents data from three different Lubavitcher communities in her analysis of women's empowerment. She suggest that the Hasidim have created two gender-specific cultures (one of men and one of women), and concludes that women are empowered by Hasidic traditions and practices.
- 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
- 1985-1986
- Coverage Date
- mid 1980s
- Coverage Place
- Lubavitch; northern Virginia, Philadelphia, Pa., and Crown Heights, Brooklyn, N.Y., United States
- Notes
- Gita Srinivasan
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 340-359)
- LCCN
- 89033864
- LCSH
- Jews