'He thought I would be like my mother': The silencing of Mizrachi women in Israeli inter- and intra-marriages

Ethnic and Racial Studies

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 266-289

  Benjamin, Orly ^a   Barash, Tamar ^b  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b IDA ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Division of family work; Inter ethnic marriage; Mizrachi women; Silencing

Indexed keywords

ETHNICITY; IMMIGRANT POPULATION; MARRIAGE;

ASIA; EURASIA; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 1542609171     PISSN: 01419870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0141987042000177333     Document Type: Article

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