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Mystics, mavericks, and merrymakers : an intimate journey among Hasidic girls
- Title
- Mystics, mavericks, and merrymakers : an intimate journey among Hasidic girls / Stephanie Wellen Levine ; foreword by Carol Gilligan.
- Author
- Levine, Stephanie Wellen.
- Publication
- New York : New York University Press, c2003.
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Details
- Description
- xiv, 255 p.; 24 cm.
- Subjects
- Jewish teenagers > New York (State) > New York > Religious life
- Teenage girls > New York (State) > New York > Religious life
- Jewish teenagers > New York (State) > New York > Social life and customs
- Habad > New York (State) > New York > Social life and customs
- Crown Heights (New York, N.Y.) > Social life and customs
- Crown Heights (New York, N.Y.) > Religious life
- Teenage girls > New York (State) > New York > Social life and customs
- Habad > New York (State) > New York > Religious life
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-239) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction : what I sought, what I found -- The community : a cultural and psychological tour -- The cast -- Esther (Estie) Gutman : wild times and holy designs -- Rochel Lehrer : evolving, not rebelling -- Nechama Dina (Dini) Rockoff : chutzpah and holiness -- Chaya Jacobson : strip clubs and soul-searching -- Gittel Kassin : medicine and marriage -- Malka (Malkie) Belfer : miniskirts and the messiah -- Leah Ratner : mystic and maverick -- Into the future : adulthood and insights from the Hasidim.
- Call Number
- *PYI 03-4647
- ISBN
- 081475192X (cloth : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2003014983
- OCLC
- 52587498
- Author
- Levine, Stephanie Wellen.
- Title
- Mystics, mavericks, and merrymakers : an intimate journey among Hasidic girls / Stephanie Wellen Levine ; foreword by Carol Gilligan.
- Imprint
- New York : New York University Press, c2003.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-239) and index.
- Research Call Number
- *PYI 03-4647