Feminism, family, and identity in Israel : women's marital names / Michal Rom and Orly Benjamin
- Author:
- Rom, Michal
- Published:
- New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Physical Description:
- xix, 250 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Additional Creators:
- Benjamin, Orly
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: 1.Local Context of Identity Formation -- 2.Naming Identities: Politics of Identity -- 3.Israeli Ambivalence and Gender Relations -- 4.The Appropriate Name -- 5.Getting More Out of It: Identity Positioning through the Name -- 6.Time and Space Dimensions of Self-Naming -- 7.Name in Relations -- 8.Discussion.
- Summary:
- "One of the less discussed achievements of the women's movement is the option to reject the patronymic naming system, i.e. the convention of women replacing their own family names by their husbands' names when they get married. This book offers an analysis of Israeli women's naming practices while tracing vocabularies of nationalism, orientalism and individualism in women's accounts. Such vocabularies are claimed to reinforce the local dominance of familism rendering women's sense of belonging, ambivalent. The book is an account of women's agency and positioning operating within ethnic stratification structures, showing how the achievements of the women's movement require continuous organized protection"--Provided by publisher.
- Subject(s):
- ISBN:
- 9780230100152 (hardback)
0230100155 - Bibliography Note:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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