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Milligan Amy K. <1982-> |
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Titolo |
Hair, headwear, and Orthodox Jewish women : Kallah's choice / / Amy K. Milligan |
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Lanham ; ; Boulder ; ; New York ; ; London : , : Lexington Books, an imprint of The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc., , [2014] |
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©2014 |
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ISBN |
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1-4985-0554-6 |
0-7391-8366-4 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (167 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Hair - Religious aspects - Judaism |
Jewish women - Religious life |
Jewish women - Conduct of life |
Modesty - Religious aspects - Judaism |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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A hairy subject: approaches to hair and hair covering -- Covering Jewish women: the congregational context -- Splitting hairs: the struggle for community definition in a small town Orthodox synagogue -- Wearing many hats: the hair covering practices of the Orthodox Jewish women at Degel Israel Synagogue -- Letting their hair down: Orthodox women at Degel Israel Synagogue who choose not to cover their hair -- Flipping their wigs for Judaism: non-Orthodox women who choose to cover their heads -- The long and short of it: a psychoreligious interpretation of hair covering. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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In this study, Milligan uses an interdisciplinary ethnographic approach to consider the lived religious cultural experiences of Orthodox Jewish women living in a small community. Through an investigation of hair and head covering, Milligan explores the meaning of tradition in a contemporary context. |
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