@article{Lisek2010,
  author    = {Lisek, Joanna},
  title     = {Feminist discourse in Women's Yiddish Press in Poland},
  series = {PaRDeS : Zeitschrift der Vereinigung f{\"u}r J{\"u}dische Studien e.V.},
  journal   = {PaRDeS : Zeitschrift der Vereinigung f{\"u}r J{\"u}dische Studien e.V.},
  number    = {16},
  issn      = {1614-6492},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-43494},
  pages     = {92 -- 116},
  year      = {2010},
  abstract  = {On the example of the women's magazines in Yiddish "Yidishe Froyenvelt" (1902- 1903), "Di Froy" (Vilnius1925-1933), "Froyen-Shtim" (Warsaw 1925) and "Di Froyen-Velt" (New York 1913) this article presents: • how feminist postulates are connected with questions of Jewish identity in a religious and political context • how the model image of a modern Jewish woman is presented • what the main spheres of feminist interests presented in the magazines are (a struggle for equal rights within the Jewish community as well as other social spheres, searching for and presenting outstanding women in the Jewish and world history, descriptions of women's professional activities, psychological analysis of a woman's nature, establishing ties and a feeling of solidarity between women's movements of other nations) • how the traditional women's roles are presented (mother, wife, housewife) • what degree of women's participation in the edition of these periodicals is (a list of articles' authoresses and literature works appearing on columns of the periodicals) • whether and how a feminist discourse affects a language structure of the periodicals Comparing magazines from the beginning of the 20th century and the latter part of 1920s the article answers the question what direction did Jewish feminism evolve to and what content rose or fell in importance.},
  language  = {en}
}