Ayala Emmett
Biographic Data
| ID | 650750 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ayala Emmett |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ayala |
| FAMILY NAME | Emmett |
| SIGNATURE | EMMETT A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Rochester |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1996 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Journalist
A Mother‐in‐law
A ritual garment, the synagogue, and gender questions
Jewish women in some synagogues have recently taken to wrapping themselves in a prayer shawl, tallit. For women to use this ritual garment is a historic change in custom because for almost 2,000 years the prayer shawl, tallit, was worn by men only. Jewish tradition placed women in a gender-segregated space in the synagogue, denied women all synagogue roles such as rabbi, cantor, and Torah reader and excluded them from wearing ritual garments such…
Going to America under the Jacaranda Tree
In the ethnographic fiction competition for 2000 the Society for Humanistic Anthropology has made two awards. Ayala Emmett's story, "Going to America under the Jacaranda Tree," won first place and is included here. The runner-up award is given to Maura Hanrahan's "Caboto 500," which will be published in the next issue. Ayala Emmett has given us a multilayered story of separation with a muted emotional tone that refrains from beating the reader ov…
Sex and Gender As Raw Political Material
Our Sisters' Promised Land
In this powerful and timely book, Ayala H. Emmett examines the political roles of women in the Israeli-Palestinian peace process. Emmett's insights come from numerous trips to the region that included in-depth interviews with many of the participants. Excerpts from the interviews give voice to the women who played vitally important yet often overlooked roles in the political transformations of the contemporary Middle East. Emmett's observations o…
A ritual garment, the synagogue, and gender questions
Jewish women in some synagogues have recently taken to wrapping themselves in a prayer shawl, tallit. For women to use this ritual garment is a historic change in custom because for almost 2,000 years the prayer shawl, tallit, was worn by men only. Jewish tradition placed women in a gender-segregated space in the synagogue, denied women all synagogue roles such as rabbi, cantor, and Torah reader and excluded them from wearing ritual garments such…
Sex and Gender As Raw Political Material
Our Sisters' Promised Land
In this powerful and timely book, Ayala H. Emmett examines the political roles of women in the Israeli-Palestinian peace process. Emmett's insights come from numerous trips to the region that included in-depth interviews with many of the participants. Excerpts from the interviews give voice to the women who played vitally important yet often overlooked roles in the political transformations of the contemporary Middle East. Emmett's observations o…
Sex and Gender As Raw Political Material
Going to America under the Jacaranda Tree
In the ethnographic fiction competition for 2000 the Society for Humanistic Anthropology has made two awards. Ayala Emmett's story, "Going to America under the Jacaranda Tree," won first place and is included here. The runner-up award is given to Maura Hanrahan's "Caboto 500," which will be published in the next issue. Ayala Emmett has given us a multilayered story of separation with a muted emotional tone that refrains from beating the reader ov…
A ritual garment, the synagogue, and gender questions
Jewish women in some synagogues have recently taken to wrapping themselves in a prayer shawl, tallit. For women to use this ritual garment is a historic change in custom because for almost 2,000 years the prayer shawl, tallit, was worn by men only. Jewish tradition placed women in a gender-segregated space in the synagogue, denied women all synagogue roles such as rabbi, cantor, and Torah reader and excluded them from wearing ritual garments such…
A Mother‐in‐law
The Journalist
Sociology (4 works) · Citation (3 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Library science (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Anthropological Studies and Insights (2 works) · Art (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies (2 works) · Law (2 works)