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Record Nr.

UNINA9910825472203321

Autore

Ochs Vanessa L

Titolo

Inventing Jewish ritual [[electronic resource] /] / Vanessa L. Ochs ; foreword by Riv-Ellen Prell

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Philadelphia, : Jewish Publication Society, 2007

ISBN

0-8276-1118-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (289 p.)

Disciplina

296.4

Soggetti

Judaism - Customs and practices

Jews - United States - Social life and customs

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction : becoming a ritual innovator -- Democracy, open access, and Jewish feminism -- The narrative approach -- Material culture : new rituals and ritual objects -- Stretched by innovation -- Change : resisting and acclimating -- Case study 1 : Miriam's tambourine -- Case study 2 : the Holocaust Torah -- Case study 3 : the wedding booklet -- Epilogue : inheriting invented traditions.