Outcaste : Jewish life in southern Iran /

This volume is a unique investigation of contemporary Jewish life in a Muslim country and the first ethnography of the Persian-Jewish diaspora, giving the reader a deep appreciation of this relatively unknown culture. The author describes in detail traditional Jewish life in the provincial city of S...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Loeb, Laurence D.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; New York : Routledge, 2011.
Colección:Routledge library editions. Iran ; v. 31.
Temas:
Jews > Iran > Shīrāz > Social life and customs.
Juifs > Iran > Chirāz > Mœurs et coutumes.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Regional Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > General.
Jews > Social life and customs
Manners and customs
Shīrāz (Iran) > Social life and customs.
Iran > Shīrāz
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. 'Outcaste' : Shi'a intolerance
  • 3. Shiraz in Jewish history
  • 4. The Jewish community in Shiraz
  • 5. Subsistence, economic adaptation and social conformity
  • 6. Basic social relations
  • 7. Formal education
  • 8. Arts, amusements and leisure time
  • 9. Shirazi Jewish ethics and attitudes : a 'little tradition'
  • 10. Local religious practice and the Jewish 'great tradition'
  • 11. Redemption.

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