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Record Nr.

UNINA9910814179203321

Autore

Hartman Harriet <1948->

Titolo

Gender and American Jews patterns in work, education, and family in contemporary life / / Harriet Hartman and Moshe Hartman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Waltham, Mass., : Brandeis University Press

Hanover [N.H.], : University Press of New England, c2009

ISBN

1-282-47293-3

9786612472930

1-58465-827-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (313 p.)

Collana

HBI series on Jewish women

Altri autori (Persone)

HartmanMoshe <1936->

Disciplina

305.892/4073

Soggetti

Jewish women - United States

Jewish families - United States

Sexual division of labor - United States

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Title Page; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 | An Introduction to Gender and American Jews and the Significance of the Inquiry; Part I | The Distinctiveness of Gendered Patterns of Secular Achievement among American Jews; 2 | Education Patterns: The Foundation of Family and Economic Roles; 3 | Family Patterns of American Jews; 4 | Labor Force Participation andOccupational Achievement; 5 | Dual-Earning Patterns of American Jews; Part II | Ways of Being Jewish and the Distinctive Secular Roles of American Jewish Women and Men; 6 | Gendered Patterns of Jewishness

7 | How Jewishness is Related to Family Patterns of American Jews8 | How Jewishness is Related to Gendered Patterns of Secular Achievement; 9 | How Jewishness is Related to American Jews' Dual-Earning Patterns; 10 | Intermarriage and Gendered Patterns of Secular Achievement; Part III | Conclusions; 11 | Conclusions and a Look to the Future; Appendix | Statistical Tables; Notes; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

A much-anticipated sociological analysis of gender components in contemporary American Jewish life based on the most recent population data