Skip to main content alibris logo

Three Yiddish Plays by Women: Female Jewish Perspectives, 1880-1920

by ,

Write The First Customer Review
Three Yiddish Plays by Women: Female Jewish Perspectives, 1880-1920 - Bemporad, Elissa (Editor), and Quint, Alyssa (Editor)
Filter Results
Shipping
Item Condition
Seller Rating
Other Options
Change Currency

This is an unprecedented collection of three newly translated Yiddish plays written by women in the period from 1880 to 1920. Taken together, these plays provide a fascinating insight into female Jewish perspectives on a range of women's issues prevalent at the time and, in some cases, still prevalent today. The works explore topics such as the Jewish law of the 'chained widow', pregnancy out of wedlock, and birth control, amongst many others. Three Yiddish Plays by Women includes an incisive contextual introduction ...

loading
Three Yiddish Plays by Women: Female Jewish Perspectives, 1880-1920 2023, Bloomsbury Academic, New York

ISBN-13: 9781350321014

Trade paperback

Three Yiddish Plays by Women: Female Jewish Perspectives, 1880-1920 2023, Bloomsbury Academic, New York

ISBN-13: 9781350321021

Hardcover