Aesthetics of sorrow : the wailing culture of yemenite-jewish women /

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Author / Creator:	Gamliʼel, Ṭovah, 1965- author.
Imprint:	Detroit : Wayne State University Press, [2014] ©2014
Description:	1 online resource (x, 450 pages)
Language:	English
Series:	Raphael Patai series in Jewish folklore and anthropology Raphael Patai series in Jewish folklore and anthropology.
Subject:	Jews, Yemeni -- Funeral customs and rites -- Israel. Weepers (Mourners) -- Israel. Jewish mourning customs -- Israel. Jewish women -- Israel. Jewish mourning customs. Jewish women. Weepers (Mourners) Israel. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11274857

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Other authors / contributors:	Greenwood, Naftali, translator.
ISBN:	9780814339756 0814339751 9780814334768 0814334768
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record.
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.
Other form:	Print version: Gamliʼel, Ṭovah, 1965- Aesthetics of sorrow. Detroit : Wayne State University Press, [2014] 9780814334768

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