Outcaste (RLE Iran D): Jewish Life in Southern IranRoutledge, 4 de maig 2012 - 360 pàgines This volume is a unique investigation of contemporary Jewish life in a Muslim country and the first ethnography of the Persian-Jewish diaspora, giving the reader a deep appreciation of this relatively unknown culture. The author describes in detail traditional Jewish life in the provincial city of Shiraz and the challenges of coexistence with a Muslim majority.
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III Shiraz in Jewish History | 26 |
IV The Jewish Community in Shiraz | 35 |
V Subsistence Economic Adaptation and Social Conformity | 79 |
VI Basic Social Relations | 103 |
VII Formal Education | 132 |
VIII Arts Amusements and Leisure Time | 151 |
X Local Religious Practice and the Jewish Great Tradition | 177 |
XI Redemption | 263 |
Appendices | 274 |
Glossary | 301 |
References | 307 |
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a little Tradition | 165 |
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