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Author:   Chava Frankfort-Nachmias ,  Erella Shadmi ,  Russell Stone
Publisher:   State University of New York Press
Imprint:   State University of New York Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.408kg
ISBN:  

9780791463185

ISBN 10:   0791463184
Pages:   289
Publication Date:   16 December 2004
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

"Acknowledgments 1. Knowing Lesbians, Lesbian Knowing: Introduction Chava Frankfort-Nachmias and Erella Shadmi Part I: Experience 2. Lesbians in Israel: A Legal Perspective Ira Hadar 3. The Story of ClaF: The Community of Lesbian Feminists Haya Shalom 4. To Re-Construct the Community: Lesbians on a Kibbutz Nurit Barkai 5. Emigration: The Case of the Israeli Lesbian Chava Frankfort-Nachmias 6. Orthodox Lesbians: Not a Contradiction in Terms Devorah Esther Part II: Culture and Identity 7. Toward a History of Gay Bars in Israel: A Memoir Amalia Ziv 8. The Presentation of Self of Young Israeli Lesbians: A Discourse on Split Identity Diana Luzzatto 9. Crafting Multilayered Identities in Israel Pnina Motzafi-Haller 10. From ""Sexless in Russia"" to ""Proud Israeli Lesbian"": Immigration Stories of Coming Out Adi Kuntsman Part III: Politics 11. Lesbians in the Women's Peace Movement Su Schachter 12. Alliance and Denial: Lesbian Protest in Women in Black Hannah Safran 13. A Rainbow Kufiyya Mickey M Part IV: Social Construction 14. Israeli Lesbians, National Identity, and Motherhood Ruti Kadish 15. The Construction of Lesbianism as Nonissue in Israel Erella Shadmi Glossary List of Contributors Index"

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Chava Frankfort-Nachmias is Associate Professor of Sociology and Director of the Center for Jewish Studies at the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee, and Erella Shadmi is Senior Lecturer of Criminology and Head of the Women's and Gender Studies Department at Beit Berl College.

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