01   M 3,4   C/D   16109   FISHBEIN   RAB-018

THIS COURSE SAME AS 050:355:01, 988:334:01 and 563:335:01

01-Jewish-American Women, Contested Lives

The course is a seminar examining Jewish-American women's lives through memoir, social history, literature, and film to assess the interplay of religious belief, secularism, social mobility, and other acculturating influences within the American experience.

It provides an examination of various Jewish-American women's lives, primarily through memoir, but also through social history, literature, and film, to assess the interplay of religious belief, secularism, social mobility, and other acculturating influences within the American experience.

Taught by Leslie Fishbein, it is offered as American Studies 01:050:335:01, cross-listed with Jewish Studies, Women’s and Gender Studies, and English.