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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Klapper, Melissa R.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Jewish girls.

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 religious education of girls.

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

Jewish teenagers.

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

Physical Description:

1 online resource (320 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : New York University Press, c2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

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

ISBN:

9780814749340

0814749348

9780814748657

0814748651

9781429414258

1429414251

OCLC:

779828149