Women as Ritual Experts - The Religious Lives of Elderly Jewish Women in Jerusalem (Hardcover, New)

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 religion, who typically speak as though the male sphere of religion were the only definition of religion or the sacred. By exploring this separate sphere of women's religion and demonstrating its variety, depth, and dynamism, Susan Sered here attempts to expand the definition of religion, ritual and the sacred. Sered's research was conducted among uneducated, illiterate Kurdish women. She uncovers the strategies these women have used to circumvent the patriarchal institutions of Judaism, the techniques by which they have made their lives meaningful within an androcentric culture, and how they have developed their own `little tradition' within and parallel to the `great tradition' of Torah Judaism.

General

Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Publications of the American Folklore Society
Release date:	April 1992
First published:	1992
Authors:	Susan Starr Sered (Lecturer, Department of Sociology and Anthropology)
Dimensions:	210 x 140 x 14mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	186
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-507161-0
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > General > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social groups & communities > Religious groups Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Non-Christian religions > Judaism > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > Social & cultural anthropology > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Violence in society > Child abuse Books > Religion & Spirituality > Non-Christian religions > Judaism > General Books > Religion & Spirituality > General > General Promotions
LSN:	0-19-507161-1
Barcode:	9780195071610

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