The girls : Jewish women of Brownsville, Brooklyn, 1940-1995 /

"This book tells the stories of the Jewish women who came of age in Brownsville, Brooklyn, in the 1940s and 1950s. Through in-depth interviews with more than forty women, Carole Bell Ford explores the choices these women made and the boundaries within which they made them, offering fresh insigh...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ford, Carole Bell, 1934-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Albany, N.Y. : State University of New York Press, ©2000.
Colección:SUNY series in modern Jewish literature and culture.
Temas:
1900-1999
Jewish women > New York (State) > New York > History > 20th century.
Jewish women > New York (State) > New York > Interviews.
Jews > New York (State) > New York > History > 20th century.
Jews > New York (State) > New York > Interviews.
Juives > New York (État) > New York > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Juives > New York (État) > New York > Entretiens.
Juifs > New York (État) > New York > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Juifs > New York (État) > New York > Entretiens.
HISTORY > State & Local.
HISTORY > State & Local > General.
Jewish women
Jews
Brownsville (New York, N.Y.) > Biography.
New York (State) > New York
New York (State) > New York > Brownsville
Biographies
History
Interviews
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface: Reclaiming our Past
  • Prologue They Still Call Themselves "The Girls": Profiles of Two Brownsville Women
  • Missing: Fifty-One Percent of the Stories
  • Brownsville: The Nurturing Neighborhood
  • Jewish Women: Mothers
  • Coming of Age in the Forties: Choices
  • The Cult of Domesticity: Coming of Age in the Fifties
  • Unfinished Business: Becoming Your Own Person
  • Conclusions: Looking Back
  • Epilogue Daughters: New Dilemmas.

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