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Mitzvah Girls : Bringing Up the Next Generation of Hasidic Jews in Brooklyn /

Mitzvah Girls is the first book about bringing up Hasidic Jewish girls in North America, providing an in-depth look into a closed community. Ayala Fader examines language, gender, and the body from infancy to adulthood, showing how Hasidic girls in Brooklyn become women responsible for rearing the n...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Fader, Ayala, 1964-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2009.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Notes on Yiddish and transcription conventions
  • Introduction
  • Fitting in
  • Defiance
  • Making English Jewish
  • With it, not modern
  • Ticket to Eden
  • Becoming Hasidic wives.