Aesthetics of Sorrow: The Wailing Culture of Yemenite Jewish Women Contributor(s): Gamliel, Tova (Author) |
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ISBN: 0814334768 ISBN-13: 9780814334768 Publisher: Wayne State University Press OUR PRICE: $56.42 Product Type: Hardcover Published: April 2014 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Death & Dying - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social - Social Science | Women's Studies |
Dewey: 393 |
LCCN: 2013948977 |
Series: Raphael Patai Series in Jewish Folklore and Anthropology (Hardcover) |
Physical Information: 1.5" H x 6.3" W x 9.1" (1.90 lbs) 464 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: The term "wailing culture" includes an array of women's behaviors and beliefs following the death of a member of their ethnic group and is typical of Jewish life in Yemeni culture. Central to the practice is wailing itself--a special artistic genre that combines speech with sobbing into moving lyrical poetry that explores the meaning of death and loss. In Aesthetics of Sorrow: The Wailing Culture of Yemenite Jewish Women, Tova Gamliel decodes the cultural and psychological meanings of this practice in an ethnography based on her anthropological research among Yemenite Jewish communities in Israel in 2001-2003. |