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Mystics, Mavericks, and Merrymakers An Intimate Journey among Hasidic Girls

Levine Stephanie Wellen
Heftet / 2004 / Engelsk

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780814751978
Publisert
2004-08-06
Utgiver
Vendor
New York University Press
Vekt
363 gr
Høyde
229 mm
Bredde
152 mm
Aldersnivå
UU, UP, P, 05, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet

Forfatter
Levine Stephanie Wellen
Foreword by
Gilligan, Carol

Biographical note

Stephanie Wellen Levine teaches at Tufts University. Carol Gilligan is University Professor at NYU, where she initiated the Radical Listening Project and the co-founder of PACH. She isthe author of In a Different Voice and numerous other books including The Birth of Pleasure and Joining the Resistance.

Mystics, Mavericks, and Merrymakers An Intimate Journey among Hasidic Girls

Levine Stephanie Wellen
Heftet / 2004 / Engelsk
Levine Stephanie Wellen
Heftet / 2004 / Engelsk
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Mystics, Mavericks, and Merrymakers presents a comprehensive snapshot of women's experience in Crown Heights . . . Levine's personal response to the Lubavitcher way of life weaves itself into each chapter and is one of the book's most engaging aspects.

- Eric Caplan,CCAR Journal: The Reform Jewish Quarterly,

In an age that is at times overly concerned with girls' self-destruction, here is a welcome sign of girls' strength and healthy development. Levine teaches an important and seldom taught lesson: we may find resilience where we least expect it. Her unprecedented insight into this hidden culture is an important addition to the growing body of work on girls.

- Rachel Simmons,author of <b>Odd Girl Out,

In an era seemingly plagued with sex, anorexia and depression among our nation's girls, a page from Mystics, Mavericks, and Merrymakers is a refreshing peek into the possibilities for growth, strength and self.

The Jewish New Weekly of Northern California

Se alle

At all times, Levine's genuine respect for the community shines through. The book is eminently readable and undoubtedly fascinating.

Jewish Chronicle

Stephanie Levine's book is full of surprises.

Midstream

Lively tales of girls who long for the lives of male scholars, and rebels who visit strip clubs, smoke pot, and dream of high-powered careers.

Books to Watch out For

A rare look into the lives of Hasidic youth From the ardently religious young woman who longs for the life of a male scholar to the young rebel who visits a strip club, smokes pot, and agonizes over her loss of faith to the proud Lubavitcher with a desire for a high-powered career, Stephanie Wellen Levine provides a rare glimpse into the inner worlds and daily lives of these Hasidic girls. Lubavitcher Hasidim are famous for their efforts to inspire secular Jews to become more observant and for their messianic fervor. Strict followers of Orthodox Judaism, they maintain sharp gender-role distinctions. Levine spent a year living in the Lubavitch community of Crown Heights, Brooklyn, participating in the rhythms of Hasidic girlhood. Drawing on many intimate hours among Hasidim and over 30 in-depth interviews, Mystics, Mavericks, and Merrymakers offers rich portraits of individual Hasidic young women and how they deal with the conflicts between the regimented society in which they live and the pull of mainstream American life. This superbly crafted book offers intimate stories from Hasidic teenagers' lives, providing an intriguing twist to a universal theme: the struggle to grow up and define who we are within the context of culture, family, and life-driving beliefs.
Les mer
A lively look at young Jewish women who are typically typecast as pious and reserved but have just as much imagination and similar desires as other young American women.
Acknowledgments Foreword by Carol Gilligan Introduction: What I Sought, What I Found 1 The Community: A Cultural and Psychological Tour 2 The Cast 3 Esther (Estie) Gutman: Wild Times and Holy Designs 4 Rochel Lehrer: Evolving, Not Rebelling 5 Nechama Dina (Dini) Rockoff: Chutzpah and Holiness 6 Chaya Jacobson: Strip Clubs and Soul-Searching 7 Gittel Kassin: Medicine and Marriage 8 Malka (Malkie) Belfer: Miniskirts and the Messiah 9 Leah Ratner: Mystic and Maverick 10 Into the Future: Adulthood and Insights from the Hasidim Notes Selected Bibliography Index About the Author
Les mer
Mystics, Mavericks, and Merrymakers presents a comprehensive snapshot of women's experience in Crown Heights . . . Levine's personal response to the Lubavitcher way of life weaves itself into each chapter and is one of the book's most engaging aspects.
Les mer
A look at young Jewish women who are typecast as pious and reserved but have as much imagination and similar desires as other young women.

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Mystics, Mavericks, and Merrymakers presents a comprehensive snapshot of women's experience in Crown Heights . . . Levine's personal response to the Lubavitcher way of life weaves itself into each chapter and is one of the book's most engaging aspects.

- Eric Caplan,CCAR Journal: The Reform Jewish Quarterly,

In an age that is at times overly concerned with girls' self-destruction, here is a welcome sign of girls' strength and healthy development. Levine teaches an important and seldom taught lesson: we may find resilience where we least expect it. Her unprecedented insight into this hidden culture is an important addition to the growing body of work on girls.

- Rachel Simmons,author of <b>Odd Girl Out,

In an era seemingly plagued with sex, anorexia and depression among our nation's girls, a page from Mystics, Mavericks, and Merrymakers is a refreshing peek into the possibilities for growth, strength and self.

The Jewish New Weekly of Northern California

Se alle

At all times, Levine's genuine respect for the community shines through. The book is eminently readable and undoubtedly fascinating.

Jewish Chronicle

Stephanie Levine's book is full of surprises.

Midstream

Lively tales of girls who long for the lives of male scholars, and rebels who visit strip clubs, smoke pot, and dream of high-powered careers.

Books to Watch out For

A rare look into the lives of Hasidic youth From the ardently religious young woman who longs for the life of a male scholar to the young rebel who visits a strip club, smokes pot, and agonizes over her loss of faith to the proud Lubavitcher with a desire for a high-powered career, Stephanie Wellen Levine provides a rare glimpse into the inner worlds and daily lives of these Hasidic girls. Lubavitcher Hasidim are famous for their efforts to inspire secular Jews to become more observant and for their messianic fervor. Strict followers of Orthodox Judaism, they maintain sharp gender-role distinctions. Levine spent a year living in the Lubavitch community of Crown Heights, Brooklyn, participating in the rhythms of Hasidic girlhood. Drawing on many intimate hours among Hasidim and over 30 in-depth interviews, Mystics, Mavericks, and Merrymakers offers rich portraits of individual Hasidic young women and how they deal with the conflicts between the regimented society in which they live and the pull of mainstream American life. This superbly crafted book offers intimate stories from Hasidic teenagers' lives, providing an intriguing twist to a universal theme: the struggle to grow up and define who we are within the context of culture, family, and life-driving beliefs.
Les mer
A lively look at young Jewish women who are typically typecast as pious and reserved but have just as much imagination and similar desires as other young American women.
Acknowledgments Foreword by Carol Gilligan Introduction: What I Sought, What I Found 1 The Community: A Cultural and Psychological Tour 2 The Cast 3 Esther (Estie) Gutman: Wild Times and Holy Designs 4 Rochel Lehrer: Evolving, Not Rebelling 5 Nechama Dina (Dini) Rockoff: Chutzpah and Holiness 6 Chaya Jacobson: Strip Clubs and Soul-Searching 7 Gittel Kassin: Medicine and Marriage 8 Malka (Malkie) Belfer: Miniskirts and the Messiah 9 Leah Ratner: Mystic and Maverick 10 Into the Future: Adulthood and Insights from the Hasidim Notes Selected Bibliography Index About the Author
Les mer
Mystics, Mavericks, and Merrymakers presents a comprehensive snapshot of women's experience in Crown Heights . . . Levine's personal response to the Lubavitcher way of life weaves itself into each chapter and is one of the book's most engaging aspects.
Les mer
A look at young Jewish women who are typecast as pious and reserved but have as much imagination and similar desires as other young women.

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780814751978
Publisert
2004-08-06
Utgiver
Vendor
New York University Press
Vekt
363 gr
Høyde
229 mm
Bredde
152 mm
Aldersnivå
UU, UP, P, 05, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet

Forfatter
Levine Stephanie Wellen
Foreword by
Gilligan, Carol

Biographical note

Stephanie Wellen Levine teaches at Tufts University. Carol Gilligan is University Professor at NYU, where she initiated the Radical Listening Project and the co-founder of PACH. She isthe author of In a Different Voice and numerous other books including The Birth of Pleasure and Joining the Resistance.

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