Arab and Jewish Women in Kentucky: Stories of Accommodation and Audacity

by Nora Rose Moosnick

Book Overview

Outwardly it would appear that Arab and Jewish immigrants comprise two distinct groups with differing cultural backgrounds and an adversarial relationship. Yet, as immigrants who have settled in communities at a distance from metropolitan areas, both must negotiate complex identities. Growing up in Kentucky as the granddaughter of Jewish immigrants, Nora Rose Moosnick observed this traditionally mismatched pairing firsthand, finding that Arab and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 081315460X
• ISBN13: 9780813154602
• Release Date: November 2021
• Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
• Length: 228 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.9"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary