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Sappho in the Holy Land : Lesbian Existence and Dilemmas in Contemporary Israel.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: SUNY Series in Israeli StudiesPublisher: Albany : State University of New York Press, 2004Copyright date: ©2012Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (291 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780791483909
Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Sappho in the Holy LandLOC classification:
  • HQ75.16.I75 -- S27 2005eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- SAPPHO IN THE HOLY LAND: Lesbian Existence and Dilemmasin Contemporary Israel -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- 1. Knowing Lesbians,Lesbian Knowing: Introduction -- Part I. Experience -- 2. Lesbians in Israel:A Legal Perspective -- 3. The Story of CLaF:The Community of Lesbian Feminists -- 4. To Re-Construct the Community:Lesbians on a Kibbutz -- 5. Emigration: The Case of theIsraeli Lesbian -- 6. Orthodox Lesbians:Not a Contradiction in Terms -- Part II. Culture and Identity -- 7. Toward a History of Gay Bars in Israel: A Memoir -- 8.The Presentation of Self of Young Israeli Lesbians: A Discourse on Split Identity -- 9. Crafting Multilayered Identities in Israel -- 10. From "Sexless in Russia" to "Proud Israeli Lesbian":Immigration Stories of Coming Out -- Part III. Politics -- 11. Lesbians in the Women's Peace Movement -- 12. Alliance and Denial:Lesbian Protest in Women in Black -- 13. A Rainbow Kufiyya -- Part IV. Social Construction -- 14. Israeli Lesbians, National Identity, and Motherhood -- 15. The Construction of Lesbianism as Nonissue in Israel -- GLOSSARY -- CONTRIBUTORS -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
Summary: Essays on the experience of lesbians in contemporary Israeli society.
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Intro -- SAPPHO IN THE HOLY LAND: Lesbian Existence and Dilemmasin Contemporary Israel -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- 1. Knowing Lesbians,Lesbian Knowing: Introduction -- Part I. Experience -- 2. Lesbians in Israel:A Legal Perspective -- 3. The Story of CLaF:The Community of Lesbian Feminists -- 4. To Re-Construct the Community:Lesbians on a Kibbutz -- 5. Emigration: The Case of theIsraeli Lesbian -- 6. Orthodox Lesbians:Not a Contradiction in Terms -- Part II. Culture and Identity -- 7. Toward a History of Gay Bars in Israel: A Memoir -- 8.The Presentation of Self of Young Israeli Lesbians: A Discourse on Split Identity -- 9. Crafting Multilayered Identities in Israel -- 10. From "Sexless in Russia" to "Proud Israeli Lesbian":Immigration Stories of Coming Out -- Part III. Politics -- 11. Lesbians in the Women's Peace Movement -- 12. Alliance and Denial:Lesbian Protest in Women in Black -- 13. A Rainbow Kufiyya -- Part IV. Social Construction -- 14. Israeli Lesbians, National Identity, and Motherhood -- 15. The Construction of Lesbianism as Nonissue in Israel -- GLOSSARY -- CONTRIBUTORS -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.

Essays on the experience of lesbians in contemporary Israeli society.

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