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Sappho in the Holy Land : lesbian existence and dilemmas in contemporary Israel / edited by Chava Frankfort-Nachmias & Erella Shadmi.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- SUNY series in Israeli studies.
- SUNY series in Israeli studies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Jewish lesbians--Israel.
- Jewish lesbians.
- Jewish lesbians--Political activity--Israel.
- Jewish lesbians--Israel--Identity.
- Physical Description:
- vi, 281 p.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Albany : State University of New York Press, 2005.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Essays on the experience of lesbians in contemporary Israeli society.
- Contents:
- Intro
- SAPPHO IN THE HOLY LAND: Lesbian Existence and Dilemmasin Contemporary Israel
- CONTENTS
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
- 1. Knowing Lesbians,Lesbian Knowing: Introduction
- Part I. Experience
- 2. Lesbians in Israel:A Legal Perspective
- 3. The Story of CLaF:The Community of Lesbian Feminists
- 4. To Re-Construct the Community:Lesbians on a Kibbutz
- 5. Emigration: The Case of theIsraeli Lesbian
- 6. Orthodox Lesbians:Not a Contradiction in Terms
- Part II. Culture and Identity
- 7. Toward a History of Gay Bars in Israel: A Memoir
- 8.The Presentation of Self of Young Israeli Lesbians: A Discourse on Split Identity
- 9. Crafting Multilayered Identities in Israel
- 10. From "Sexless in Russia" to "Proud Israeli Lesbian":Immigration Stories of Coming Out
- Part III. Politics
- 11. Lesbians in the Women's Peace Movement
- 12. Alliance and Denial:Lesbian Protest in Women in Black
- 13. A Rainbow Kufiyya
- Part IV. Social Construction
- 14. Israeli Lesbians, National Identity, and Motherhood
- 15. The Construction of Lesbianism as Nonissue in Israel
- GLOSSARY
- CONTRIBUTORS
- INDEX
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- J
- K
- L
- M
- N
- O
- P
- Q
- R
- S
- T
- U
- V
- W
- Y
- Z.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780791483909
- 0791483908
- 9781423743682
- 1423743687
- OCLC:
- 62750501
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