Mitzvah Girls Bringing up the Next Generation of Hasidic Jews in Brooklyn

Name: Mitzvah Girls Bringing up the Next Generation of Hasidic Jews in Brooklyn
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ISBN: 9780691139173

ISBN-10: 0691139172

ISBN-13: 9780691139173

Edition: 2009

Authors: Ayala Fader

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Mitzvah Girlsis 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 distinctions between the religious and the secular. In this innovative book, Fader demonstrates that…

Book details

List price: $30.00
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication date: 8/21/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 280
Size: 6.10" wide x 9.21" long x 0.67" tall
Weight: 1.122
Language: English

Ayala Fader is assistant professor of anthropology at Fordham University, Lincoln Center.