Houses of Study: A Jewish Woman Among Books - Couverture rigide

Blumberg, Ilana M.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0803213670 ISBN 13 : 9780803213678

Editeur : University of Nebraska Press, 2007

Synopsis

Book by Blumberg Ilana M

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

"Houses of Study" is an eloquent memoir of a Jewish woman's life and her efforts to reconcile the traditions of her faith with her belief in women's equality and the pull of modern American living. Ilana M. Blumberg traces her path from a childhood immersed in Hebrew and classical Judaic texts alongside Anglo-American novels and biographies to a womanhood where the two literatures suddenly represent mutually exclusive possibilities for life. Set in 'houses of study,' from a Jewish grammar school and high school to a Jerusalem yeshiva for women to a secular American university, her intimate and poignant memoir asks what happens when the traditional Jewish ideal of learning asserts itself in a woman directed by that same tradition toward a life of modesty, early marriage, and motherhood. This Bison Books edition is updated with discussion questions.

Revue de presse :

"Blumberg's moving memoir begins with her experiences learning at a woman's seminary in Jerusalem after high school, and comes to a close with her reflections on the challenge of raising her daughter to be a committed Jewish woman. The author struggles throughout her work to make peace with traditional Judaism and modern notions of women's equality. Her experiences confirm and elucidate the complex negotiations in which any woman must engage in today's society. . . . While this title certainly belongs in a generalist's collection, Blumberg's work will also strengthen libraries that focus on gender, autobiography, and Jewish women's role in modernity."- --Jewish Book World

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: University of Nebraska Press
• Date d'édition: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0803213670
• ISBN 13: 9780803213678
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 182