Karen Brodkin

Author of How Jews Became White Folks and What That Says About Race in America

About the Author

Karen Brodkin is a professor emerita of anthropology at the University of California, Los Angeles. She is the author of Making Democracy Matter: Identity and Activism in Los Angeles and How Jews Became White Folks and What That Says About Race in America (both Rutgers University Press).

Includes the names: Karen Sacks, Karen Brodkin Sacks

Works by Karen Brodkin

Sisters and Wives: The Past and Future of Sexual Equality (1979) 17 copies

Caring by the Hour: Women, Work, and Organizing at Duke Medical Center (1987) 16 copies

My Troubles Are Going to Have Trouble With Me: Everyday Trials and Triumphs of Women Workers (1984) — Editor — 12 copies

Making Democracy Matter: Identity and Activism in Los Angeles (2007) 7 copies

Power Politics: Environmental Activism in South Los Angeles (2009) 7 copies

Teoría feminista (selección de textos) 1 copy

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Associated Works

Sisterhood Is Powerful (1970) — Contributor — 626 copies, 4 reviews

Race, Class, and Gender in the United States: An Integrated Study (1992) — Contributor, some editions — 561 copies

Critical White Studies: Looking Behind the Mirror (1997) — Contributor — 64 copies

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American (2) American Studies (3) anthropology (6) anti-racism (2) civil rights (2) class (4) cultural anthropology (2) diaspora (2) ethnography (1) feminism (4) feminist theory (2) gender (2) history (5) identity (2) Jewish (8) Jewish History (2) Judaica (2) Judaism (6) kinship (3) labor (3) Master Bedroom (1) non-fiction (5) own (2) race (14) racism (3) religion (2) sociology (5) to-read (13) US history (2) women (4)

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Other names: Sacks, Karen
Sacks, Karen Brodkin
Birthdate: 1941
Gender: female
Education: University of Michigan (PhD|1971)

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How the Jews Became White Folksh and What that Says about Race in America by Karen Brodkin

History of Jews in the U.S. and the racial change (white or non-white) which shaped how American Jews in different eras constructed ethnoracial identity

Jan 15, 2011