ISBN:
9783030740528
Language:
English
Pages:
xi, 368 Seiten
,
22 cm
Year of publication:
2021
Series Statement:
Italian and Italian American studies
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
Keywords:
1800-1999
;
Jewish women History 19th century
;
Jewish women History 20th century
;
Jews Identity
;
Jews Emancipation
;
Social integration History
;
Juives - Italie - Histoire - 19e siècle
;
Juives - Italie - Histoire - 20e siècle
;
Juifs - Italie - Identité
;
Juifs - Émancipation - Italie
;
Intégration sociale - Italie - Histoire
;
Jewish women
;
Jews - Emancipation
;
Jews - Identity
;
Social integration
;
Jewish women - Italy - History - 19th century
;
Jewish women - Italy - History - 20th century
;
Jews - Italy - Identity
;
Jews - Emancipation - Italy
;
Jews - Italy - Social conditions - 19th century
;
Jews - Italy - Social conditions - 20th century
;
Jewish women - Italy - Social conditions
;
Informational works
;
History
;
Informational works
;
Documents d'information
;
Italy
Abstract:
"This book investigates one of the major issues that runs through the history of Italian Judaism in the aftermath of emancipation: the correlation between integration, seen as the acquisition of citizenship and culture without renouncing Jewish identity, and assimilation, intended as an open refusal of Judaism of any participation in the community. On account of that correlation, identity has become one of the crucial problems in the history of the Italian Jewish community. This volume aims to discuss the setting of construction and formation--the family-- and focuses on women's experiences, specifically. Indeed, women were called through emancipation to ensure the continuity of Jewish religious and cultural heritage. It speaks to the growing interest for Women's and Gender Studies in Italy, and for the research on women's organizations which testify to the strong presence of Jewish women in the emancipation movement. These women formed a sisterhood that fought to obtain rights that were until then only accorded to men, and they were deeply socially engaged in such a way that was crucial to the overall process of the integration of Jews into Italian society"--Page 4 of cover
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-352) and indexes
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