Title
Expanding Sisterhood: Jewish Lesbians and Externalizations of Jewishness
Document Type
Article
Publication Title
Journal of Lesbian Studies
Publication Date
10-5-2014
Abstract
The body is a canvas that can be used to express a kaleidoscope of identities. For Jewish lesbians, who experience marginalization at the hands of both secular and religious society, externalizations of Jewishness can be empowering. For some women, this embodied Jewishness makes a political statement; for others, it gives voice to their Jewish spirituality. In both cases, this ethnographic study probes the ways in which Jewish lesbians experience queerness and Jewishness and how overlaps of these identities manifest in hair styling, yarmulkes, and the wearing of prayer shawls.
Volume
18
Issue
4
First Page
437
Last Page
455
DOI
10.1080/10894160.2014.908270
ISSN
10894160
E-ISSN
15403548
PubMed ID
25298102
Recommended Citation
Milligan, Amy K., "Expanding Sisterhood: Jewish Lesbians and Externalizations of Jewishness" (2014). Faculty Publications. 1159.
https://jayscholar.etown.edu/facpubharvest/1159
