| Her Glory All Within: Rejecting and Transforming Orthodoxy in Israeli and American Jewish Women's Fiction Contributor(s): Landress, Barbara (Author) |
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ISBN: 161811171X ISBN-13: 9781618111715 Publisher: Academic Studies Press OUR PRICE: $113.05 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Jewish - Social Science | Feminism & Feminist Theory - Religion | Judaism - Orthodox |
| Dewey: 810.9 |
| LCCN: 2012285371 |
| Series: Studies in Orthodox Judaism |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.04 lbs) 215 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Jewish - Sex & Gender - Feminine - Religious Orientation - Jewish |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Representation of the religious sector is a new phenomenon in modern Israeli literature, emerging from a diversification of Israeli culture that began in the 1970s. Barbara Landress here explores the intricacies of fiction about Orthodox women in contemporary contexts, offering a subtle interpretation of the conflicts in Orthodox women's lives as they weave their way through daughterhood, motherhood, politics, and personal dilemmas, negotiating between tradition and modernity. Drawing on sociology, anthropology, and feminist theory, this body of Israeli women's writing is considered in comparative perspective with American feminist fiction of the 1960s and 1970s as well as with contemporary American Jewish women's writing that engages Orthodoxy. |