Jewish Feminists: Complex Identities and Activist Lives - Hardcover

Pinsky, Dina

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0252034864 ISBN 13: 9780252034862

Publisher: University of Illinois Press, 2009

Synopsis

Studying American Jewish feminism from the 1960s and '70s, Jewish Feminists examines how second-wave feminist activists retrospectively construct their identities as Jews and how these constructions have changed throughout their lives. Dina Pinsky argues that these Jewish feminists experience a sense of ambivalence as both feminists and Jews as they ask how being Jewish makes them different from other women (or feminist men). Drawing from interviews with more than two dozen second-wave feminist Jews, of which five are men, Pinsky describes how these identities sometimes coincide or contrast. The book demonstrates that Jews share a unique relationship to gender, influenced by their experiences and perspectives as Jews. Pinsky adds to the feminist dialogue about cultural difference and intersectionality by exploring the narratives of a group that has long been absent from this discussion.

About this title

About the Author:

Dina Pinsky is an assistant professor of sociology at Arcadia University in Glenside, Pennsylvania.

Review:

 

"A well-researched analysis of the complimentary yet sometimes tension-inducing interactions between Judaism, Jewishness, and feminism."--Jewish Book World

“Pinsky's work introduces the unique cultural experience of Jews into the feminist dialogue with much success. . . .Informative and enjoyable from chapter to chapter.”--Contemporary Sociology
"Pinsky creates an artful map of shifting Jewish feminist identities over time."--Shofar

"Recommended."--Choice 

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0252034864
• ISBN 13: 9780252034862
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 152