WMST W4302x - Advanced Topics in Women's and Gender Studies:The Search for Self 20th Century U.S.Jewish Women Writers,Part II:1939-Present

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Barnard College

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Examines the memoirs and fiction by American Jewish Women writers from 1939 to the present, with a focus on the relationships between Jewish identity, post-Holocaust consciousness, gender, and class. Writers to be studied include Lucy Dawidowicz, Jo Sinclair, Tillie Olsen, Eva Hoffman, Grace Paley, Helen Epstein, Pearl Abraham, Judith Katz, and Elana Dykewomon. - I. Klepfisz Prerequisites: Permission of instructor. General Education Requirement: Literature (LIT). 4 points

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4.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.barnard.edu

Phone Number:

(212) 854-5262

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

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Semester

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