Title Aesthetics of sorrow : the wailing culture of yemenite-jewish women / Tova Gamliel ; [translated by] Naftali Greenwood.

Publication Info.	Detroit : Wayne State University Press [2014]
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Description	1 online resource (x, 450 pages).
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Series	Raphael Patai series in Jewish folklore and anthropology
	Raphael Patai series in Jewish folklore and anthropology.
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Contents	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.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Subject	Jews, Yemeni -- Funeral customs and rites -- Israel.
	Jews, Yemeni.
	Israel.
	Weepers (Mourners) -- Israel.
	Weepers (Mourners)
	Jewish mourning customs -- Israel.
	Jewish mourning customs.
	Jewish women -- Israel.
	Jewish women.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
	Electronic books.
Added Author	Greenwood, Naftali, translator.
	Project Muse.
Other Form:	Print version: Gamliʼel, Ṭovah, 1965- Aesthetics of sorrow. Detroit : Wayne State University Press, [2014] 9780814334768 (DLC) 2013948977 (OCoLC)858359608
ISBN	9780814339756 electronic book
	0814339751 electronic book
	9780814334768 cloth alkaline paper
	0814334768