{"podcast":{"title":"New Books in Gender","slug":"new-books-in-gender-612984","podcast_index_feed_id":612984,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/LIT3077747900","website_url":"https://newbooksnetwork.com","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/f01fabce-f1a3-11e8-8461-f77ace4487d2/image/e2241d70e6072e60f482d28cf495fbab.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"New Books Network","episode_count":1000,"summary":"This podcast is a channel on the New Books Network. The New Books Network is an academic audio library dedicated to public education. In each episode you will hear scholars discuss their recently published research with another expert in their field. Discover our 150+ channels and browse our 28,000+ episodes on our website: ⁠newbooksnetwork.com⁠ Subscribe to our free weekly Substack newsletter to get informative, engaging content straight to your inbox: ⁠https://newbooksnetwork.substack.com/⁠ Follow us on Instagram and Bluesky to learn about more our latest interviews: @newbooksnetwork Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/gender-studies","last_synced_at":"2026-07-13T16:22:32.043062+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-gender-612984"},"episode":{"title":"Mixed-Sex Dancing and Jewish Modernity","slug":"mixed-sex-dancing-and-jewish-modernity","published_at":"2026-07-06T08:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-gender-612984/mixed-sex-dancing-and-jewish-modernity","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-gender-612984","url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/NBNK7198469791.mp3","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/NBNK7198469791.mp3","summary":"Dances and balls appear throughout world literature as venues for young people to meet, flirt, and form relationships, as any reader of Pride and Prejudice, War and Peace, or Romeo and Juliet can attest. The popularity of social dance transcends class, gender, ethnic, and national boundaries. In the context of nineteenth- and twentieth-century Jewish culture, dance offers crucial insights into debates about emancipation and acculturation. While traditional Jewish law prohibits men and women from dancing together, Jewish mixed-sex dancing was understood as the very sign of modernity—and the ultimate boundary transgression. Writers of modern Jewish literature deployed dance scenes as a charged and complex arena for understanding the limits of acculturation, the dangers of ethnic mixing, and the implications of shifting gender norms and marriage patterns, while simultaneously entertaining their readers. In this book, Sonia Gollance examines the specific literary qualities of dance scenes, while also paying close attention to the broader social implications of Jewish engagement with dance. Combining cultural history with literary analysis and drawing connections to contemporary representations of Jewish social dance, Gollance illustrates how mixed-sex dancing functions as a flexible metaphor for the concerns of Jewish communities in the face of cultural transitions. Join YIVO for a discussion of Gollance's book with Josh Lambert, professor and director of the Jewish Studies Program at Wellesley College. Buy the book This book talk originally took place on October 26, 2023. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/gender-studies","meta_description":"Dances and balls appear throughout world literature as venues for young people to meet, flirt, and form relationships, as any reader of Pride and Prejudic…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":0,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/new-books-in-gender-612984/episodes/mixed-sex-dancing-and-jewish-modernity/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-gender-612984/mixed-sex-dancing-and-jewish-modernity.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}