.

0 (hodnocen0 x )

EB

ONLINE

Lanham ; Boulder ; New York ; London : Lexington Books, an imprint of The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc., [2014]

1 online resource (167 pages)

ISBN 9780739183663 (electronic bk.)

ISBN 9780739183656 (cloth : alk. paper)

Print version: Milligan, Amy K. Hair, headwear, and Orthodox Jewish women : Kallah’s choice. Lanham : Lexington Books, an imprint of The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc., [2014] ISBN 9780739183656

Includes bibliographical references and index

A hairy subject: approaches to hair and hair covering -- Covering Jewish women: the congregational context -- Splitting hairs: the struggle for community definition in a small town Orthodox synagogue -- Wearing many hats: the hair covering practices of the Orthodox Jewish women at Degel Israel Synagogue -- Letting their hair down: Orthodox women at Degel Israel Synagogue who choose not to cover their hair -- Flipping their wigs for Judaism: non-Orthodox women who choose to cover their heads -- The long and short of it: a psychoreligious interpretation of hair covering.

001781593

full

(Au-PeEL)EBL1810387

(CaONFJC)MIL650832

(CaPaEBR)ebr10987886

(MiAaPQ)EBC1810387

(OCoLC)892430222