What my mother taught me: the construction of Canadian Jewish womanhood in Montreal, 1945-1980.

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dc.contributor.authorEidinger, Andrea Ellen
dc.contributor.supervisorMarks, Lynne Sorrel
dc.date.accessioned2011-12-20T16:23:26Z
dc.date.available2011-12-20T16:23:26Z
dc.date.copyright2011en_US
dc.date.issued2011-12-20
dc.degree.departmentDept. of Historyen_US
dc.degree.levelDoctor of Philosophy Ph.D.en_US
dc.description.abstractIn this dissertation, I argue that from the late 1940s to the late 1970s, the Jewish community of Montreal underwent a series of changes that significantly altered its character. And while increasing numbers of Jews from all over the world began arriving on the island, the established elites reacted by creating and then entrenching a new cultural orthodoxy based on their own practices and values. Jewish women were fundamental to this process, as both objects of the new cultural discourse as well as active participants. Understanding the process through which a "Jewish community of Montreal" group was created requires a consideration of both public and private ethnic signifiers, so an analysis of the construction of gender norms for Jewish women is key. This dissertation will track these fractured dialogues through an analysis of currents of thought and discussion among Jewish individuals living in Montreal between 1945 and 1980. I will accomplish this through a comparison of both textual documents and oral interviews. In sum, I will examine how dominant discourses are constructed by elites, and how they are in turn experienced by the women themselves.en_US
dc.description.scholarlevelGraduateen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1828/3750
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.rights.tempAvailable to the World Wide Weben_US
dc.subjectJewsen_US
dc.subjectwomenen_US
dc.subjectMontrealen_US
dc.subjectethnic identityen_US
dc.subjectgenderen_US
dc.subjectcultural transmissionen_US
dc.subjectfood historyen_US
dc.subjectbody historyen_US
dc.subjectfamily historyen_US
dc.subjectreligious historyen_US
dc.subjectfeminist historyen_US
dc.titleWhat my mother taught me: the construction of Canadian Jewish womanhood in Montreal, 1945-1980.en_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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