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

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: Hebrew Series: Raphael Patai series in Jewish folklore and anthropologyPublisher: Detroit : Wayne State University Press, [2014]Copyright date: ©2014Description: 1 online resource (x, 450 pages)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780814339756
  • 0814339751
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Aesthetics of sorrow.DDC classification:
  • 393.909450902 23
LOC classification:
  • GT3390.5.I75 G3613 2014eb
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
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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.
Summary: Decodes the cultural and psychological meanings of the "wailing culture" following the death of a member of the Yemenite Jewish community, based on anthropological research among Yemenite Jewish communities in Israel in 2001-2003

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.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Decodes the cultural and psychological meanings of the "wailing culture" following the death of a member of the Yemenite Jewish community, based on anthropological research among Yemenite Jewish communities in Israel in 2001-2003