Jewish Feminism and Intersectionality.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brettschneider, Marla.

Series:

SUNY series in Feminist Criticism and Theory

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Feminism--Religious aspects--Judaism.

Feminism.

Queer theory.

Gender identity--Religious aspects--Judaism.

Gender identity.

Race--Religious aspects--Judaism.

Race.

Social conflict--Religious aspects--Judaism.

Social conflict.

Queer theory--Judaism--Religious aspects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (208 p.)

Other Title:

SUNY series in Feminist Criticism and Theory

Place of Publication:

Ithaca : State University of New York Press, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Jewish Feminism and Intersectionality explores a range of opportunities to apply and build intersectionality studies from within the life and work of Jewish feminism in the United States today. Marla Brettschneider builds on the best of what has been done in the field and offers a constructive internal critique. Working from a nonidentitarian paradigm, Brettschneider uses a Jewish critical lens to discuss the ways different politically salient identity signifiers cocreate and mutually constitute each other. She also includes analyses of matters of import in queer, critical race, and class-based feminist studies. This book is designed to demonstrate a range of ways that Jewish feminist work can operate with the full breadth of what intersectionality studies has to offer.

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Relevant Literature of Note; Chapter Breakdown; Conclusion; 1. To Race, to Class, to Queer; Introduction; Mutual Constitution Theory in Feminist Philosophy; Spelman's Argument; Spelman's Method; Critique; Jewish Texts as Countertexts; Political and Philosophical Potential of Countertexts for Intersectionality Studies; Talmudic Hierarchical Classifications for Saving a Life; Co-Constructionist Intersectionality, Spelman, and the Confusion of the Talmudic Hierarchies; The Talmud and the Problem of a Two-Tiered Intersectionality Method

The Talmudic Example and Jewish Lesbian Feminist AnalysesThe Lesbian Legacy of "Bread on the Seder Plate"; The Issue Is Power; Intersectionality, Reciprocity, and the Use of Countertexts; 2. Jewish Feminists and New Diaspora Theorizing; Introduction; Jamaica Kincaid; Kincaid and Biblical Motifs; Africa and the (Afro-)Caribbean; Jews, Race, and New England; Navigating Complex Tropes: Toward New Diaspora Theorizing; Conclusion; 3. Race, Gender, Class, Sexuality, and the Jewish Goldbergs in the Suburbs; Introduction; Setting the Stage; Berg and Hansberry: Clarifying the Costs of "Success"

Contradictions: Upbeat Episodes, Real Issues, and a Crashing ShowThe End of The Goldbergs and the Future of American Jewry; Conclusion; 4. Ritual Encounters of the Queer Kind; Introduction; Jewish Queer Innovations: A Coming-Out Ritual?; Creative Jewish Queer Rituals: The Challenge of (Be)Coming Out; A Political Function of Ritual: Anarchist Preparation; Ritual and the Tradition of Political Theater; Ritual Innovation and Performativity in Queer Theory; Ritual, Revolution, Performance: Issues of Repetition; Moving On; 5. Jewish Feminism, Race, and a Sexual Justice Agenda; Introduction

Race and the Jewish Immigrant AngleRace, Jews, Sexuality, and Eugenics in the United States; Jewish Feminist Push Back Against/Complicating Eugenic Targeting; Jewish Feminism in US Reproductive Rights/Justice Activism; Whither Jewish Feminist Sexual and Reproductive Justice?; 6. Reproductive Justice; Introduction; Setting the Stage; Antidrug Legislation; 1996 Welfare Reform; 1996 Defense of Marriage Act; 1996 Immigration Laws; The Adoption and Safe Families Act; Legislation from 1996 Onward: Linking the War on Women of Color and New Efforts Supporting Transracial Adoption; Conclusion

Conclusion: Jewish Race Segregation and Jewish FeminismIntroduction; Naming the Problem: Jewish Feminism, Antiracism, and Racial Segregation; Jewish Feminism and Race in US Jewish Contexts; Sexism and Heterosexism; Don't Know Enough Jewish Feminists of Color?; Jews of Color and People of Color with Jewish Ancestry; The United States of the 1950s and 1960s; Jewish Feminism and Race in International Context; Avoidance; Colonialism; Why Jewish Feminism Needs an Antiracist Analysis; Conclusion; Notes; Works Cited; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

9781438460352

143846035X