Separate spheres, intertwined spheres

Home, work, and family among Jewish women business owners in the Yishuv

Bibliographic Data

ID12534810
AuthorsTalia Pfefferman (Schlumberger (Ireland), corresponding author)
Year2013
Volume32
Issue1
Pages7-28
Publication date2013-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Journal of Israeli History (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1353-1042 • E-ISSN: 1744-0548
PublisherRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/13531042.2013.768028
OpenAlexW1980077171
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited13

Home and family life are a salient characteristic of the private sphere among the middle class, in which cultural models and behavioral dispositions are reproduced. In the Yishuv urban community, a substantial number of women established economic enterprises in their homes, blurring the distinction between public and private. The article examines the effects of these women's economic activity on daily life within home and family. It reveals how new social repertoires that were formed in these homes intertwined home, family, community, and nationality while at the same time preserving gender role allocation. Furthermore, the article attests to the heterogeneity of the urban society of the Yishuv, thus offering directions to further research on the formation of the middle class in Israeli society

Demographic economics · Economics · Family life · Geography · Immigration · Judaism · Middle class · Nationality · Political science · Private sphere · Public sphere · Salient · Separate spheres · Sociology · Gender Studies · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Law · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy

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