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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783765803321

Autore

Klapper Melissa R

Titolo

Jewish girls coming of age in America, 1860-1920 [[electronic resource] /] / Melissa R. Klapper

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : New York University Press, c2005

ISBN

0-8147-4934-8

0-8147-4865-1

1-4294-1425-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (320 p.)

Disciplina

305.242/2/089924073

Soggetti

Jewish girls - United States - Social conditions - 19th century

Jewish girls - United States - Social conditions - 20th century

Jewish girls - Education - United States

Jewish girls - United States - Social life and customs - 19th century

Jewish girls - United States - Social life and customs - 20th century

Jewish religious education of girls - United States

Jewish teenagers - United States - Social life and customs - 19th century

Jewish teenagers - United States - Social life and customs - 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-294) and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. "Any other girls in this whole world like myself": Jewish girls and adolescence in America -- 2. "Unless I got more education": Jewish girls and the problem of education in turn-of-the-century America -- 3. "Education in the broadest sense": alternative forms of education for working-class girls -- 4. "A perfect Jew and a perfect American": the religious education of Jewish girls -- 5. "Such a world of pleasure": adolescent Jewish girls and American youth culture.

Sommario/riassunto

Jewish Girls Coming of Age in America, 1860-1920 draws on a wealth of archival material, much of which has never been published-or even read-to illuminate the ways in which Jewish girls' adolescent experiences reflected larger issues relating to gender, ethnicity, religion, and education. Klapper explores the dual roles girls played as



agents of acculturation and guardians of tradition. Their search for an identity as American girls that would not require the abandonment of Jewish tradition and culture mirrored the struggle of their families and communities for integration into American society