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Record Nr.

UNINA9910457719703321

Autore

Rubin Nissan

Titolo

New rituals old societies [[electronic resource] ] : invented rituals in contemporary Israel / / Nissan Rubin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boston, : Academic Studies Press, c2009

ISBN

1-61811-080-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (208 p.)

Collana

Judaism and Jewish life

Disciplina

296.3/82095694

Soggetti

Rites and ceremonies - Israel

Judaism - Customs and practices

Manners and customs

Group identity - Israel

Electronic books.

Israel Social life and customs

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Rites and social structure. Rites and civil religion: invention of tradition. Personal definition rites: changing one's identity.

Sommario/riassunto

Rituals provide public solutions to some types of life crises. There are crises which beset individuals in modern and post-modern society which are not easily addressed by traditional rituals. However, rites have not disappeared in contemporary society, but have merely changed their guise. New Rituals - Old Societies examines rituals which were invented by individuals and communities in order to celebrate important turning points. In contemporary Israel a process of innovation of new rituals was introduced, either by the adoption of ritual elements from outside sources or by the transformation of existing Jewish symbols through the infusion of new contents originating in secular ideology. The term "personal definitional rites" coined here refers to rites carried out by individuals undergoing a change in identity. Structural analysis supplies an additional dimension to this collection of studies.