Educated and Ignorant : : Ultraorthodox Jewish Women and Their World / / Tamar El-Or.
This ethnography investigates the meaning of learning in the lives of ultraorthodox Jewish women. Presenting a vivid portrayal of the Gur Hasidic community in Israel, El-Or explores the relationship between women's literacy and their subordination. What she finds is a paradox: ultraorthodox wom...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Lynne Rienner Press Complete Archive eBook-Package Pre-2000 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Boulder : : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2022] ©1994 |
Year of Publication: | 2022 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (228 p.) |
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Other title: | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Translator's Note -- Introduction. The Road to the Development -- 1 The Our Hasidim and the Development -- 2 Educated and Ignorant -- 3 The Substantial and the Practical -- 4 “Make Thy Way Straight Before Me” -- Afterword Cultures in Context -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Book and Author |
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Summary: | This ethnography investigates the meaning of learning in the lives of ultraorthodox Jewish women. Presenting a vivid portrayal of the Gur Hasidic community in Israel, El-Or explores the relationship between women's literacy and their subordination. What she finds is a paradox: ultraorthodox women are taught to be ignorant. |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9781685856106 9783110784268 |
DOI: | 10.1515/9781685856106 |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | Tamar El-Or. |