The stains of culture : an ethno-reading of Karaite Jewish women / Ruth Tsoffar.

Author
Tsoffar, Ruth [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Detroit, Mich. : Wayne State University Press, c2006.
Description
xv, 245 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

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Subject(s)
Series
Raphael Patai series in Jewish folklore and anthropology [More in this series]
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-234) and index.
Contents
  • Karaite history, historiography, and the subject of truth
  • Shabbat, purity, and making love
  • Talking menstruation : the language of blood
  • Mother-daughter teaching
  • "Please, no handshaking" : quantifying the arbitrary body
  • The site of impurity
  • Resolution from within : the encounter between niddah and yoledah
  • Beyond binarism : mother's milk and Karaite dietary law.
ISBN
0814332234 (pbk. : alk. paper)
LCCN
2005017431
OCLC
60742015
International Article Number
  • 9780814332238
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