| Description |
1 online resource (x, 129 pages). |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Studies in folklore and ethnology : traditions, practices, and identities
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Studies in folklore and ethnology, traditions, practices, and identities.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: Jews, gender, and bodylore -- Chapter 1: The subversive Jewish feminist body: creating spaces of protest through embodiment in synagogue life -- Chapter 2: Renewing her body: engaging Jewish women's bodies in synagogue life -- Chapter 3: Rebellious hair: Jewish feminist reinterpretations of the Orthodox Jewish ritual of Upsherin -- Chapter 4: The Rose Winkel: Jewish navigation of the reappropriation of a Nazi symbol by LGBTQ young adults -- Chapter 5: Queerly stitched: religious garb and LGBTQ Jewish pride symbols -- Conclusion: Applications of Jewish feminist bodylore. |
| Summary |
"Jewish Bodylore explores the symbology of the Jewish body. It considers how Jewish bodies can be conceptualized using folkloristics and how feminist methodologies of the body can be applied fairly to Jewish bodies, celebrating the multitude of ways in which the body can be conceptualized and experienced"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Human body -- Symbolic aspects.
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Human body -- Symbolic aspects. |
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Symbolism in folklore.
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Symbolism in folklore. |
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Human body -- Religious aspects -- Judaism.
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Human body -- Religious aspects -- Judaism. |
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POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Cultural Policy. |
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural. |
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Milligan, Amy K., 1982- author. Jewish bodylore Lanham, MD : Lexington Books, [2019] 9781498595797 (DLC) 2018052568 |
| ISBN |
9781498595803 electronic book |
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1498595804 electronic book |
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9781498595797 hardcover alkaline paper |
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