A global anthology of Jewish women writers

Journal article

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In Journal Issue

Australian Jewish Historical Society Journal, 11, 2 (1991)

Author(s) Joanna Kalowski AbstractBook Review: A global anthology of Jewish women writers? What next: an intergalactic anthology?" quipped a Jewish male colleague. The quip illustrates the fact that collections such as these serve a dual purpose: to bring together Jewish women's responses to modernity and to legitimise their views. Editor Roberta Kalechofsky's ambitious project to record the writings of Jewish women from four continents succeeds precisely because it is through women's eyes that the struggles for acceptance, emancipation and equality are recorded. While some write on Jewish themes, all write as Jews, in languages which themselves bear witness to the history of the peoples of the Diaspora.
Year1991
Pages367-369