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Author Deutsch, Sandra McGee, 1950-

Title Crossing borders, claiming a nation : a history of Argentine Jewish women, 1880-1955 / Sandra McGee Deutsch
Published Durham [NC] : Duke University Press, 2010

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 377 pages) : illustrations, maps
Series e-Duke books scholarly collection.
Contents "If the water is sweet" : Jewish women in the countryside -- "I worked, I struggled" : Jewish women in Buenos Aires -- "A point of connection" : pathways into the professions -- "Not a novice" : prostitutes -- "A bad reputation" : family and sexuality -- "What surrounds us dissatisfies us" : leftists and union members through the 1930s -- "A dike against reaction" : contesting anti-semitism, fascism, and Peronism -- "We the women have to do something" : philanthropies and Zionism
Summary Historical analysis of Jewish women's role in Argentina from the late 19th through the first half of 20th century, arguing that they crossed racial, gender-based, and ideological boundaries as they helped shape the nation
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL
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Subject Jewish women -- Argentina -- History -- 19th century
Jewish women -- Argentina -- History -- 20th century
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Women.
HISTORY -- Latin America -- South America.
Mujeres judías -- Argentina -- Historia
Jewish women
Jüdin
Judar -- historia -- Argentina.
Immigration -- Argentina.
Argentina
Argentinien
Jüdin -- Argentinien -- Geschichte 19. Jh.
Jüdin -- Argentinien -- Geschichte 20. Jh.
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 0822392607
9780822392606
9786613036667
6613036668