Hair, headwear, and Orthodox Jewish women : Kallah's choice /

This publication comments on hair covering based on an ethnographic study of the lives of Orthodox Jewish women in a small non-metropolitan synagogue. It brings the stories of these women to the forefront and probes questions as to how their location in a small community affects their behavioural ch...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Milligan, Amy K., 1982- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lanham ; Boulder ; New York ; London : Lexington Books, [2014]
Temas:
Hair > Religious aspects > Judaism.
Jewish women > Religious life.
Jewish women > Conduct of life.
Modesty > Religious aspects > Judaism.
Juives > Vie religieuse.
Juives > Morale pratique.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Beauty & Grooming.
Hair > Religious aspects > Judaism
Jewish women > Conduct of life
Jewish women > Religious life
Modesty > Religious aspects > Judaism
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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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