Hello Christina I'm interested. I can give a paper on the americanization
of the Jewish gender system in america, exemplified by the diaspora in the
Boston area. Sound fitting? I can send an abstract soon.
regards,
suzanne

On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 5:52 PM, Christina J. Hodge <
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> dear all,
>
> We are organizing a session at CNEHA 2012 titled "Gender in the Historical
> Northeast" that is focused on historical practices of gender and gendering.
> We are looking for papers that center gender – masculinity, femininity,
> etc. – but take into account the ways in which gender is entangled with
> other vectors such as age, race, ethnicity, class and status, profession,
> and religious affiliation. Papers might consider the social relationships
> in marriage, homemaking, the military, seafaring, apprenticeship, slavery,
> retail, and churchgoing that are dependant on constructions of gender and
> the ways that gender is created and reinforced through the patterned use of
> bodies, objects, and spaces.
>
> Sound tempting? If this proposed session interests you, please send us an
> abstract by June 15 2012, or email prior to that date with ideas or
> questions.
>
> You can find the conference Call for Papers and more information here:
> http://www.mun.ca/archaeology/cneha/callforpapers.php
>
> thank you!
>
> Christina Hodge
> Peabody Museum, Harvard University
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> Christa Beranek
> Fiske Center, UMass Boston
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