Deutsch Crossing Borders, Claiming a Nation

A History of Argentine Jewish Women, 1880–1955
1. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-0-8223-9260-6
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 395 Seiten

This history of Jewish women in Argentina explores their settlement in the city and countryside, and their professional and intimate lives, political activism, and community involvement.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Deutsch, Sandra McGee

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte des Judentums (Diaspora)
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations and Tables vii

Acknowledgments ix

List of Women xi

Introduction 1

1. "If Water Is Sweet": Jewish Women in the Countryside 13

2. "I Worked, I Struggled": Jewish Women in Buenos Aires 42

3. "A Point of Connection": Pathways into the Professions 73

4. "Not a Novice": Prostitutes 105

5. "A Bad Reputation": Family and Sexuality 123

6. "What Surrounds Us Dissatisfies Us": Leftists and Union Members through the 1930s 148

7. "A Dike Against Reaction": Contesting Anti-Semitism, Fascism, and Peronism 172

8. "We the Women Have to Do Something": Philanthropies and Zionism 205

Conclusion 236

Appendix 249

Notes 257

Bibliography 319

Index 363

Über Autor(innen)

Sandra McGee Deutsch is Professor of History at the University of Texas at El Paso. She is the author of Las Derechas: The Extreme Right in Argentina, Brazil, and Chile, 1890–1939 and Counterrevolution in Argentina, 1900-1932: The Argentine Patriotic League.