Language:
English
Year of publication:
2004
Titel der Quelle:
Shofar; an Interdisciplinary Journal of Jewish Studies
Angaben zur Quelle:
22,3 (2004) 72-94
Keywords:
Goldstein, Rebecca,
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Orthodox Jews Fiction
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Jewish women Fiction
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American fiction Jewish authors
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Jewish fiction
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Orthodox Jews Attitudes
Abstract:
Focuses on Rebecca Goldstein's novel "The Mind-Body Problem" (1983), and the dichotomy in the perception of Orthodox Jewish girls as either attractive or intellectual - the two are polarized and seen as mutually exclusive by Jewish men looking for a life partner.
Note:
Appeared also in "Unfinalized Moments" (2011) 17-32.
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