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6 produkter
Women as Ritual Experts
The Religious Lives of Elderly Jewish Women in Jerusalem
Inbunden, 1992
1853 kr
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Women as Ritual Experts reveals how in gender segregated religions like Orthodox Judaism women develop their own autonomous religious sphere and activities that sacralize female roles. Until recently, this female world of religion has been all but invisible to both anthropologists and scholars of …
Priestess, Mother, Sacred Sister
Religions Dominated by Women
Häftad, 1996
406 kr
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Priestess, Mother, Sacred Sister is a unique examination of the critical impact of the social rather than the biological aspects of motherhood on women's religions. Women's social roles as nurturers, healers, primary childcare providers, and emotional supporters are celebrated in women's religions …
Women as Ritual Experts
The Religious Lives of Elderly Jewish Women in Jerusalem
Häftad, 1997
828 kr
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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 …
Priestess, Mother, Sacred Sister
Religions Dominated by Women
E-bok, 1996
211 kr
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Religion is often denounced as one of the tools used by patriarchal societies to maintain the status quo, and especially to persuade women to accept subordinate roles. This does not explain, however, the existence of many religious groups in which women are both leaders and the majority of …
Can't Catch a Break
Gender, Jail, Drugs, and the Limits of Personal Responsibility
Av Susan Starr Sered, Maureen Norton-Hawk
Inbunden, 2014
1156 kr
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Based on five years of fieldwork in Boston, Can't Catch a Break documents the day-to-day lives of forty women as they struggle to survive sexual abuse, violent communities, ineffective social and therapeutic programs, discriminatory local and federal policies, criminalization, incarceration, and a …
Can't Catch a Break
Gender, Jail, Drugs, and the Limits of Personal Responsibility
Av Susan Starr Sered, Maureen Norton-Hawk
Häftad, 2014
364 kr
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Based on five years of fieldwork in Boston, Can't Catch a Break documents the day-to-day lives of forty women as they struggle to survive sexual abuse, violent communities, ineffective social and therapeutic programs, discriminatory local and federal policies, criminalization, incarceration, and a …
