For Women and Girls Only. Reshaping Jewish Orthodoxy Through the Arts in the Digital Age

The Department of Middle Eastern Studies at CU FA cordially invites all interested to a book talk with Jessica Roda from Georgetown University, who will present the topics of her new book For Women and Girls Only. Reshaping Jewish Orthodoxy Through the Arts in the Digital Age.

The book represents a compelling look at the lives of ultra-Orthodox and formerly ultra-Orthodox Jewish women and their use of media technologies to create a new market for music and film. It investigates how music, films, and media made by those women act as agents of social, economic, and cultural transformation and empowerment, and as spaces that challenge gender norms, orthodoxy, and liberalism.

Jessica Roda (Georgetown University) is an anthropologist and ethnomusicologist. She specializes in Jewish life in North America and France, and in international cultural policies. Her research interests include religion, performing arts, cultural heritage, gender, and media.