Gender in Jewish History
HIST 213
Spring 2016
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01
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| Crosslisting:
CJST 213, FGSS 213 |
| Certificates: Jewish and Israel Studies |
Investigation of the traditionally "effeminized" image of the Jewish male, and reactions against that image, have played a critical role in interpretations of modern Jewish culture as diverse as the often misogynist outlook of the eighteenth-century German-Jewish Enlightenment, the muscular Zionist pioneer, and the chic nerd of Dustin Hoffman's graduate. The Jewish female has been viewed as both powerless and oppressed on the one hand, overbearing and unbearably controlling on the other. This introductory survey of ideal and real gender roles throughout Jewish history, with particular focus on medieval to modern Europe and North America, provides historical background and research tools to assess and contextualize claims such as these and to think about ways in which gender categories have structured society in general and Jewish societies in particular. |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
SBS HIST |
| Course Format: Seminar | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: None |
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Past Enrollment Probability: 75% - 89% |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Abrahams, Beth Zion, trans. and ed., THE LIFE OF GLÜCKEL OF HAMELN, WRITTEN BY HERSELF
Baskin, Judith, ed., JEWISH WOMEN IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE
Baumgarten, Elisheva, PRACTICING PIETY IN MEDIEVAL ASHKENAZ: MEN, WOMEN, AND EVERYDAY RELIGIOUS OBSERVANCE
Gilman, Sander, THE JEW'S BODY
Hyman, Paula, GENDER AND ASSIMILATION IN MODERN JEWISH HISTORY
Parush, Iris, READING JEWISH WOMEN: MARGNALITY AND MODERNIZATION IN NINETEENTH-CENTURY EASTERN EUROPE
Prell, Riv-Ellen, FIGHTING TO BECOME AMERICANS: ASSIMILATION AND THE TROUBLE BETWEEN JEWISH WOMEN AND JEWISH MEN
Weissler, Chava, VOICES OF THE MATRIARCHS: LISTENING TO THE PRAYERS OF EARLY MODERN JEWISH WOMEN
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| Instructor(s): Greenblatt,Rachel Times: ..T.R.. 09:00AM-10:20AM; Location: ALLB103; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 25 | | SR major: 3 | JR major: 3 | | |
| Seats Available: 14 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: 3 | JR non-major: 3 | SO: 7 | FR: 6 |
| Web Resources: Syllabus |
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