Aesthetics of sorrow : the wailing culture of yemenite-jewish women / Tova Gamliel ; [translated by] Naftali Greenwood.
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TextLanguage: English Original language: Hebrew Series: Raphael Patai series in Jewish folklore and anthropologyPublisher: Detroit : Wayne State University Press, [2014]Copyright date: ©2014Description: 1 online resource (x, 450 pages)Content type: - text
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- 9780814339756
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- Jews, Yemeni -- Funeral customs and rites -- Israel
- Weepers (Mourners) -- Israel
- Jewish mourning customs -- Israel
- Jewish women -- Israel
- Juifs yéménites -- Rites et cérémonies funéraires -- Israël
- Pleureuses -- Israël
- Deuil -- Coutumes juives -- Israël
- Juives -- Israël
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Death & Dying
- Jewish mourning customs
- Jewish women
- Weepers (Mourners)
- Israel
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- GT3390.5.I75 G3613 2014eb
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Wailing : a topic that defies research -- Johara : mother of the wailers -- Giving words -- The performance stage -- Melancholic power -- Mission -- Epilogue : the lament of the printed words.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Decodes the cultural and psychological meanings of the "wailing culture" following the death of a member of the Yemenite Jewish community, based on anthropological research among Yemenite Jewish communities in Israel in 2001-2003.
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