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Record Nr.

UNINA9910523005003321

Autore

Miniati Monica

Titolo

Italian Jewish Women in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries / / by Monica Miniati

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2021

ISBN

9783030740535

9783030740528

Edizione

[1st ed. 2021.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (376 pages)

Collana

Italian and Italian American Studies, , 2635-294X

Disciplina

305.8924045

Soggetti

Italy - History

Judaism and culture

Civilization - History

Sex

History of Italy

Jewish Cultural Studies

Cultural History

Gender Studies

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Chapter 1: Introduction: The Path to Emancipation for the Italian Jewish Diaspora -- Chapter 2: The Emergence of the Jewish "Woman Question" -- Chapter 3: The Role of Women in the Process of Modernization -- Chapter 4: From Integration to the Reaffirmation of Identity -- Chapter 5: The War and its Aftermath: Continuity and Change -- Chapter 6: Conclusions.

Sommario/riassunto

This book investigates one of the major issues that runs through the history of Italian Judaism in the aftermath of emancipation: the correlation between integration, seen as the acquisition of citizenship and culture without renouncing Jewish identity, and assimilation, intended as an open refusal of Judaism of any participation in the community. On account of that correlation, identity has become one of the crucial problems in the history of the Italian Jewish community. This volume aims to discuss the setting of construction and formation--the



family-- and focuses on women's experiences, specifically. Indeed, women were called through emancipation to ensure the continuity of Jewish religious and cultural heritage. It speaks to the growing interest for Women's and Gender Studies in Italy, and for the research on women's organizations which testify to the strong presence of Jewish women in the emancipation movement. These women formed a sisterhood that fought to obtain rights that were until then only accorded to men, and they were deeply socially engaged in such a way that was crucial to the overall process of the integration of Jews into Italian society. Monica Miniati is an Independent Scholar in Florence, Italy.