Hyman, Paula, 1946-2011.

Gender and assimilation in modern Jewish history : the roles and representation of women / Paula E. Hyman. - Seattle : University of Washington Press, (c)1995. - 1 online resource (xiii, 197 pages) - The Samuel & Althea Stroum lectures in Jewish studies .

Includes bibliographies and index.

1. Paradoxes of Assimilation -- 2. Seductive Secularization -- 3. America, Freedom, and Assimilation -- 4. The Sexual Politics of Jewish Identity.

Explores the relation between gender and the encounter of Jews with various conditions of Modernity. She makes clear that the study of the process of Jewish assimilation in contemporary times must include women and gender in its framework.



9780295806822


Jews--Cultural assimilation--Europe.
Jews--Cultural assimilation--United States.
Jewish women--Social conditions.--Europe
Jewish women--Social conditions.--United States


Electronic Books.

DS148 / .G463 1995