The 'pygmalion syndrome': The case of Mizrachi lesbians in Israel

Identities

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 65-87

  Gvion, Liora ^a   Luzzatto, Diana ^b  

^a Kibbutzim College of Education   (Israel)

^b ACADEMIC COLLEGE OF TEL AVIV YAFFO   (Israel)

Author keywords

Individual mobility; Israel; Lesbian community; Mizrachi lesbians; Oppositional consciousness

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL IDENTITY; GENDER RELATIONS; IDEOLOGY; SEXUAL CONFLICT; SOCIAL EXCLUSION; WOMENS STATUS;

ASIA; EURASIA; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 33746392844     PISSN: 1070289X     EISSN: 15473384     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/725289019     Document Type: Article

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