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Kathie Friedman
SISJE 438
Seattle Campus
Examines how Jewish women's identities are socially constructed and transformed in contemporary America, using social histories, memoirs, and ethnographies to analyze scholars' approaches to Jewish women's lives. Topics include the role of social class, religion, migration, the Holocaust, and race relations in Jewish women's lives. Offered: jointly with WOMEN 438.
Class description
Examines how Jewish women's identities are socially constructed and transformed in contemporary America. Course materials include theoretical and auobiographical essays, histories,films and interviews. Topics include the role of social class, religious practices, immigration, the Holocaust, and race relations in Jewish women's lives.
Student learning goals
General method of instruction
Lecture and Discussion.
Recommended preparation
Excellent analytical, composition, and discussion skills.
Class assignments and grading
May include all or some of the following: response papers, exams, autobiographical essay, interview essay, leading a class discussion, group presentation.
The assignments above.
