%0 PDF %T A New Song: Feminism, Music, and Voice in Partnership Minyanim. %A Dale, Gordon. %8 2017-04-18 %R http://localhost/files/r207v167r %X Abstract: This thesis examines the relationship between music and revolutionary changes in gender roles among "partnership minyanim," an international network of Orthodox Jewish prayer groups in which women musically participate in the communal prayer service in ways which had previously been reserved exclusively for men in Orthodox worship. Women at partnership minyanim chant from the Torah and lead parts of the ritual service, accompanied by robust harmonies from the congregation. This thesis suggests that partnership minyanim function as an agent of "envoicing" for women who had previously felt that their voice- both physical and metaphorical- had previously been stifled within Orthodoxy. Additionally, the thesis presents a variety of interpretations of the Jewish legal tradition's position on women singing, and unpacks participants' understandings of their new role within the service. Finally, this thesis considers gender performance and the construction of an alternative Orthodox habitus for individuals in these worship settings.; Thesis (M.A.)--Tufts University, 2012.; Submitted to the Dept. of Music.; Advisor: Jeffrey Summit.; Committee: Richard Jankowsky, and Stephanie Levine.; Keywords: Music, and Judaic studies. %[ 2022-10-13 %9 Text %~ Tufts Digital Library %W Institution