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

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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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Fader, Ayala, 1964-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2009.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Women in Judaism.
Religious life.
Jewish women > Conduct of life.
Jewish religious education of girls.
Jewish girls > Conduct of life.
Hasidim > Conduct of life.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
RELIGION > Judaism > General.
Femmes dans le judaïsme.
Hassidim > New York (État) > New York > Morale pratique.
Juives > New York (État) > New York > Morale pratique.
Éducation religieuse juive des filles > New York (État) > New York.
Filles juives > New York (État) > New York > Morale pratique.
Hasidim > New York (State) > New York > Conduct of life.
Jewish women > New York (State) > New York > Conduct of life.
Jewish religious education of girls > New York (State) > New York.
Jewish girls > New York (State) > New York > Conduct of life.
New York (State) > New York > Borough Park.
New York (State) > New York.
Borough Park (New York, N.Y.) > Religious life.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary: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 next generation of nonliberal Jewish believers. To uncover how girls learn the practices of Hasidic Judaism, Fader looks beyond the synagogue to everyday talk in the context of homes, classrooms, and city streets. Hasidic women complicate stereotypes of nonliberal religious women by collapsing disti.
Physical Description:1 online resource (280 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9781400830992

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