Rahel Wasserfall
Biographic Data
| ID | 176845 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Rahel Wasserfall |
| GIVEN NAMES | Rahel |
| FAMILY NAME | Wasserfall |
| SIGNATURE | WASSERFALL R |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 63 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1989 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Living with Difference
Whether looking at divided cities or working with populations on the margins of society, a growing number of engaged academics have reached out to communities around the world to address the practical problems of living with difference. This book explores the challenges and necessities of accommodating difference, however difficult and uncomfortable such accommodation may be. Drawing on fourteen years of theoretical insights and unique pedagogy, …
Women and Water
The term Niddah means separation. During her menstrual flow and for several days thereafter, a Jewish woman is considered Niddah -- separate from her husband and unable to practice the sacred rituals of Judaism. Purification in a miqveh (a ritual bath) following her period restores full status as a wife and member of the Jewish community. In the contemporary world, debates about Niddah focus less on the literal exclusion of menstruating women fro…
Reflexivity, feminism and difference
Ginger and Salt
Bargaining for Gender Identity
The study of gender and culture change in an Israeli village of Moroccan Jewish immigrants reveals a paradox: although women accept men's definition of the honorable female, one which limits women's activities to the private sphere, women challenge this definition at least on the issue of employment outside the home. In other words, women accept the ideal image of Women conveyed by their culture, but they do not accept the behavior this ideal dem…
Social/Cultural Anthropology
Reflexivity, feminism and difference
Bargaining for Gender Identity
The study of gender and culture change in an Israeli village of Moroccan Jewish immigrants reveals a paradox: although women accept men's definition of the honorable female, one which limits women's activities to the private sphere, women challenge this definition at least on the issue of employment outside the home. In other words, women accept the ideal image of Women conveyed by their culture, but they do not accept the behavior this ideal dem…
Social/Cultural Anthropology
Ginger and Salt
Bargaining for Gender Identity
The study of gender and culture change in an Israeli village of Moroccan Jewish immigrants reveals a paradox: although women accept men's definition of the honorable female, one which limits women's activities to the private sphere, women challenge this definition at least on the issue of employment outside the home. In other words, women accept the ideal image of Women conveyed by their culture, but they do not accept the behavior this ideal dem…
Reflexivity, feminism and difference
Women and Water
The term Niddah means separation. During her menstrual flow and for several days thereafter, a Jewish woman is considered Niddah -- separate from her husband and unable to practice the sacred rituals of Judaism. Purification in a miqveh (a ritual bath) following her period restores full status as a wife and member of the Jewish community. In the contemporary world, debates about Niddah focus less on the literal exclusion of menstruating women fro…
Living with Difference
Whether looking at divided cities or working with populations on the margins of society, a growing number of engaged academics have reached out to communities around the world to address the practical problems of living with difference. This book explores the challenges and necessities of accommodating difference, however difficult and uncomfortable such accommodation may be. Drawing on fourteen years of theoretical insights and unique pedagogy, …
Sociology (3 works) · African history and culture analysis (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies (2 works) · Judaism (2 works) · Medicine (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · African Studies and Ethnography (1 works) · African Studies and Geopolitics (1 works) · Anthropological Studies and Insights (1 works)