Women of Valor: Orthodox Jewish Troll Fighters, Crime Writers, and Rock Stars in Contemporary Literature and Culture by Karen E. H. Skinazi - 2018

Rutgers University Press, 2018. Hardbound. New Book. Hardbound. The author examines novels, stories, memoirs, films, blogs, television shows, radio programs, cover art, magazines, and music that offer new ways of envisioning the woman of valor from the Jewish tradition through a Jewish model that writers and thinkers rely on when constructing representations of Orthodox girls and women who might devote themselves to the rituals of Judaism, solve mysteries, lead communities, run businesses, and play music. She explores works like Hush by Judy Brown, Faye Kellerman's Decker/Lazarus series, the work of Malka Zipora, Allegra Goodman's Kaaterskill Falls, the films of Tobi Einhorn and Robin Garbose, and the band Bulletproof Stockings and its derivative PERL. (2018 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR)