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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Pàgina vii
... behavior. The books in the series will deal with such fields as archaeology, physical anthropology, linguistics, ethnology and social anthropology. Since no restrictions will be placed on the types of cultures included, a New York or ...
... behavior. The books in the series will deal with such fields as archaeology, physical anthropology, linguistics, ethnology and social anthropology. Since no restrictions will be placed on the types of cultures included, a New York or ...
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... behavior and attitudes of Persian Jewry, I am much indebted. Thanks to Seymour Parker, Emmanuel Marx, Shlomo Deshen and Walter Zenner for their comments on some of the problems posed herein. I am grateful to Barbara Fry, David Vandevert ...
... behavior and attitudes of Persian Jewry, I am much indebted. Thanks to Seymour Parker, Emmanuel Marx, Shlomo Deshen and Walter Zenner for their comments on some of the problems posed herein. I am grateful to Barbara Fry, David Vandevert ...
Pàgina xxiv
... hazards and I am certain that some behavior I took for granted and did not subject to closer scrutiny could have provided grist for an anthropologist with a. PLATE 1 Author's rented roomin the old Jewish quarter. xxiv Outcaste.
... hazards and I am certain that some behavior I took for granted and did not subject to closer scrutiny could have provided grist for an anthropologist with a. PLATE 1 Author's rented roomin the old Jewish quarter. xxiv Outcaste.
Pàgina xxv
... behavior and implicit assumptions. We spent relatively little time with Muslims, Bahais, Zoroastrians and Christians, because it was felt that too much contact of that kind would be both diverting and a source of concern to our Jewish ...
... behavior and implicit assumptions. We spent relatively little time with Muslims, Bahais, Zoroastrians and Christians, because it was felt that too much contact of that kind would be both diverting and a source of concern to our Jewish ...
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... behavioral patterns displayed by Shirazi Jews reminiscent of those exhibited by many contemporary urban poor.' Elsewhere ... behavior and some of the attitudes professed by Shirazi Jews are shared in some measure by their urban-poor ...
... behavioral patterns displayed by Shirazi Jews reminiscent of those exhibited by many contemporary urban poor.' Elsewhere ... behavior and some of the attitudes professed by Shirazi Jews are shared in some measure by their urban-poor ...
Continguts
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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 |
Geographic Index | 315 |
Name and Subject Index | 318 |
a little Tradition | 165 |
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