Appropriately Subversive : Modern Mothers in Traditional Religions

Rating:
Summary: appropriately conflicted
Review: This is a fascinating, insightful and compassionate exploration of the conflicts faced by mothers who are traditionally religious but are also feminists. Halbertal doesn't offer pat answers. Instead she offers a multilayered portrayal of women trying to sort out how to raise their daughters in the face of their own conflicts between their love of the rich traditions of their religious communities and their awareness of the yoke these same traditions and communities place upon women as individuals. Highly recommended.