Women as Ritual Experts

The Religious Lives of Elderly Jewish Women in Jerusalem

AvSusan Starr Sered

Häftad, Engelska, 1997

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A paperback reprint of a title originally published by OUP in 1992, this ethnography explores the religious beliefs and rituals of a group of elderly Jewish women, originally from Kurdistan and Yemen, who now live in Jerusalem. By analysing their rituals, daily experiences, life-stories, and non-verbal gestures, Sered uncovers the strategies these women have developed to circumvent the patriarchal institutions of Judaism, and how they have developed their own 'little tradition' within and parallel to the 'great tradition' of Torah Judaism.

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Utgivningsdatum:1997-07-03
Mått:208 x 138 x 15 mm
Vikt:227 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Publications of the American Folklore Society
Antal sidor:192
Förlag:OUP USA
ISBN:9780195111460

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This splendid and often lyrical ethnography of Kurdish and Yemenite elderly women expands upon a growing body of scholarship about the experiences of women in patriarchal religions from a more nuanced feminist perspective about the meaning and function of ritual and the sacred in women's lives. From the onset, Susan Starr Sered's work situates itself on the cutting edge of both her discipline and the study of religion. Her contribution is considerable....An engaging account of women bound by tradition but also active in the creation of their own religious experience....Sered not only brings a fresh perspective to the study of women's experiences in traditional religious settings but reflects without polemic on the androcentric biases in the study of religion itself.