Israeli Feminist Scholarship

Gender, Zionism, and Difference

Häftad, Engelska, 2014

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The last two decades have given rise to a proliferation of scholarship by Israeli feminists working in diverse fields, ranging from sociology to literature, anthropology, and history. As the Israeli feminist movement continually decentralizes and diversifies, it has become less Eurocentric and heterocentric, making way for pluralistic concerns. Collecting fifteen previously published essays that give voice to this diversity, Israeli Feminist Scholarship showcases articles on Ashkenazi, Mizrahi, Palestinian, and lesbian identities as well as on Israeli women’s roles as mothers, citizens and activists, and soldiers.Citing evidence that these scholars have redefined their object of inquiry as an open site of contested and constructed identity, luminary Esther Fuchs traces the history of Israeli feminism. Among the essays are Jewish historian Margalit Shilo’s study of the New Hebrew Woman, sociologist Ronit Lentin’s analysis of gendered representations of the Holocaust in Israeli culture, peace activist Erella Shadmi on lesbianism as a nonissue in Israel, and cultural critic Nitza Berkovitch’s examination of womanhood as constructed in Israeli legal discourse.Creating a space for a critical examination of the relationship between disparate yet analogous discourses within feminism and Zionism, this anthology reclaims the mobilizing, inclusive role of these multifaceted discourses beyond the postmodern paradigm.

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Utgivningsdatum2014-07-01
Mått152 x 229 x 23 mm
Vikt454 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor384
FörlagUniversity of Texas Press
ISBN9781477307564

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PrefaceIntroduction. Israeli Feminist Scholarship: Gender, Zionism, and DifferenceEsther FuchsChapter One. The Evolution of Critical Paradigms in Israeli Feminist Scholarship: A Theoretical ModelEsther FuchsChapter Two. Politicizing Masculinities: Shahada and HaganahSheila H. KatzChapter Three. The Double or Multiple Image of the New Hebrew WomanMargalit ShiloChapter Four. The Heroism of Hannah Senesz: An Exercise in Creating Collective National Memory in the State of IsraelJudith T. BaumelChapter Five. The Feminisation of Stigma in the Relationship Between Israelis and Shoah SurvivorsRonit LentinChapter Six. Gendering Military Service in the Israel Defense ForcesDafna N. IzraeliChapter Seven. The Halachic Trap: Marriage and Family LifeRuth Halperin-KaddariChapter Eight. Motherhood as a National Mission: The Construction of Womanhood in the Legal Discourse in IsraelNitza BerkovitchChapter Nine. No Home at Home: Women’s Fiction vs. Zionist PracticeYaffah BerlovitzChapter Ten. Wasteland Revisited: An Ecofeminist StrategyHannah NavehChapter Eleven. Tensions in Israeli Feminism: The MizrahiAshkenazi RiftHenriette Dahan-KalevChapter Twelve. Scholarship, Identity, and Power: Mizrahi Women in IsraelPnina Motzafi-HallerChapter Thirteen. Reexamining Femicide: Breaking the Silence and Crossing “Scientific” BordersNadera Shalhoub-KevorkianChapter Fourteen. The Construction of Lesbianism as Nonissue in IsraelErella ShadmiChapter Fifteen. From Gender to Genders: Feminists Read Women’s Locations in Israeli SocietyHanna HerzogAcknowledgmentsContributorsIndex