The Myth of American Jewish Feminization
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2748192 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Imhoff, Imhoff Imhoff (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 126 |
| Publication date | 2016-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Jewish Social Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0021-6704 • E-ISSN: 1527-2028 |
| Publisher | Indiana University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2979/jewisocistud.21.3.05 |
| OpenAlex | W2496192767 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 18 |
Historians, sociologists, and contemporary critics have used the trope of the “feminization of the synagogue” to describe and critique gendered changes in American Judaism. Yet, given its many usages, the concept has proven too ambiguous and wide-ranging to function as a useful analytical description. This article begins by parsing the multiple uses of the term feminization: Who uses it, and what might they mean? Equipped with this map of the many meanings of the concept, the article then takes the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries as a case study. In this period, there is little historical evidence to support the idea that a single, identifiable phenomenon we should call feminization of the synagogue occurred. The persistence of the scholarly trope of feminization of the synagogue, despite the uneven evidence and slipperiness of the term, suggests the need for greater specifi city and clarity in scholarly use
Archaeology · Art · Feminization (sociology · Judaism · Literature · Mythology · Sociology · Gender Studies · History · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Jewish Identity and Society · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy · Philosophy · Religious studies
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The Invention of World Religions
Women Who Would Be Rabbis
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,29 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2021 (3) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |