Amy K Milligan
Biographic Data
| ID | 6644149 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Amy K Milligan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Amy K |
| FAMILY NAME | Milligan |
| SIGNATURE | MILLIGAN A K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Elizabethtown College |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 13 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The ‘Jewish zealots of tobacco land’: The circuit riding rabbi project’s impact on small town Jews in North Carolina, 1950–1980
Rural North Carolina synagogues in mid-century America faced unique challenges. The North Carolina Association of Jewish Men’s Circuit Riding Rabbi Project, following the success of the circuit riding program of the American Methodists and the circuit riding Reform rabbis at the turn of the century, reimagined synagogue life in ways which sustained rural small town Jewish life. This program offered a uniquely southern solution to rural Jews and a…
Expanding Sisterhood: Jewish Lesbians and Externalizations of Jewishness
The body is a canvas that can be used to express a kaleidoscope of identities. For Jewish lesbians, who experience marginalization at the hands of both secular and religious society, externalizations of Jewishness can be empowering. For some women, this embodied Jewishness makes a political statement; for others, it gives voice to their Jewish spirituality. In both cases, this ethnographic study probes the ways in which Jewish lesbians experience…
Colours of the Jewish Rainbow: A Study of Homosexual Jewish Men and Yarmulkes
The yarmulke is one of the most familiar external markers of Jewishness and also represents masculinity. This essay offers pertinent background information on the wearing of yarmulkes by Jewish men, including an overview of concepts of Jewish masculinity and the history of the gay Jewish community. The practice of wearing yarmulkes by gay men is critiqued, with particular attention given to the wearing of “pride yarmulkes” (those which are rainbo…
Colours of the Jewish Rainbow: A Study of Homosexual Jewish Men and Yarmulkes
The yarmulke is one of the most familiar external markers of Jewishness and also represents masculinity. This essay offers pertinent background information on the wearing of yarmulkes by Jewish men, including an overview of concepts of Jewish masculinity and the history of the gay Jewish community. The practice of wearing yarmulkes by gay men is critiqued, with particular attention given to the wearing of “pride yarmulkes” (those which are rainbo…
Expanding Sisterhood: Jewish Lesbians and Externalizations of Jewishness
The body is a canvas that can be used to express a kaleidoscope of identities. For Jewish lesbians, who experience marginalization at the hands of both secular and religious society, externalizations of Jewishness can be empowering. For some women, this embodied Jewishness makes a political statement; for others, it gives voice to their Jewish spirituality. In both cases, this ethnographic study probes the ways in which Jewish lesbians experience…
Colours of the Jewish Rainbow: A Study of Homosexual Jewish Men and Yarmulkes
The yarmulke is one of the most familiar external markers of Jewishness and also represents masculinity. This essay offers pertinent background information on the wearing of yarmulkes by Jewish men, including an overview of concepts of Jewish masculinity and the history of the gay Jewish community. The practice of wearing yarmulkes by gay men is critiqued, with particular attention given to the wearing of “pride yarmulkes” (those which are rainbo…
Expanding Sisterhood: Jewish Lesbians and Externalizations of Jewishness
The body is a canvas that can be used to express a kaleidoscope of identities. For Jewish lesbians, who experience marginalization at the hands of both secular and religious society, externalizations of Jewishness can be empowering. For some women, this embodied Jewishness makes a political statement; for others, it gives voice to their Jewish spirituality. In both cases, this ethnographic study probes the ways in which Jewish lesbians experience…
The ‘Jewish zealots of tobacco land’: The circuit riding rabbi project’s impact on small town Jews in North Carolina, 1950–1980
Rural North Carolina synagogues in mid-century America faced unique challenges. The North Carolina Association of Jewish Men’s Circuit Riding Rabbi Project, following the success of the circuit riding program of the American Methodists and the circuit riding Reform rabbis at the turn of the century, reimagined synagogue life in ways which sustained rural small town Jewish life. This program offered a uniquely southern solution to rural Jews and a…
Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies (3 works) · Jewish Identity and Society (3 works) · Judaism (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Art (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works)