1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910453508103321

Autore

Gorsetman Chaya Rosenfeld

Titolo

Educating in the divine image : gender issues in Orthodox Jewish day schools / / Chaya Rosenfeld Gorsetman and Elana Maryles Sztokman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Waltham, Massachusetts : , : Brandeis University Press, , [2013]

©2013

ISBN

1-61168-458-7

1-61168-459-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (366 p.)

Collana

HBI series on Jewish women

Altri autori (Persone)

SztokmanElana Maryles

Disciplina

371.076

Soggetti

Jewish day schools

Jewish girls - Education

Sex differences in education

Sex discrimination in education

Electronic books.

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

Title Page; Dedication; Contents; Foreword: Gendered Lessons in Jewish Schools; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Gender, Judaism, and Educating in the Divine Image; 1 | In the Classroom; 2 | People of the Book; 3 | Separate or Together?; 4 | 'Tzniut' and Dress Codes; 5 | Building Intimate Relationships; 6 | The Shul in the School; 7 | The Broader Context; Reflections and Conclusions; Appendix A: Practical Educational Resources; Appendix B: Methods; Notes; Glossary; Index

Sommario/riassunto

An incisive look at gender inequities in Jewish day school education



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910464061903321

Autore

Espirito Santo Diana

Titolo

Developing the dead : mediumship and selfhood in Cuban espiritismo / / Diana Espírito Santo

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Gainesville, Florida : , : University Press of Florida, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

0-8130-5085-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (339 p.)

Disciplina

299.6/897291

Soggetti

Santeria - Cuba

Black people - Cuba - Religion

Spiritualism - Cuba

Electronic books.

Cuba Religion African influences

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

Spirits at the crossroads of belief and pragmatism -- Spiritism and the place of the dead in Afro-Cuban religion -- On good mediumship: science, revolution, and legitimacy -- Encounter, selfhood, and multiplicity -- Development as cosmogony: ritual and materialization -- Epilogue: biographical intersections.

Sommario/riassunto

This book is the first sustained, deep ethnographic study of Espiritismo (Spiritism) in Cuba. In it, Espirito Santo examines in-depth the daily rhythms of how individual practitioners' experiences and conceptions of selfhood are shaped.



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910702223903321

Titolo

Long Branch West quadrangle, New Jersey--Monmouth Co. : 7.5-minute series / / produced by the United States Geological Survey

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Reston, Va.] : , : U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, , 2011-

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (maps) : color

Soggetti

Topographic maps.

Maps.

Long Branch (N.J.) Maps

Monmouth County (N.J.) Maps

Atlantic Coast (N.J.) Maps

New Jersey Atlantic Coast

New Jersey Long Branch

New Jersey Monmouth County

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale cartografico a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Periodico

Note generali

Relief shown by contours and spot heights.

Includes location map and index to adjoining quadrangles.