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Author Milligan, Amy K., 1982- author.

Title Hair, headwear, and Orthodox Jewish women : Kallah's choice / Amy K. Milligan.

Publication Info. Lanham ; Boulder ; New York ; London : Lexington Books, an imprint of The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc., [2014]
2014

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Description 1 online resource (167 pages)
text rdacontent
computer rdamedia
online resource rdacarrier
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents A hairy subject: approaches to hair and hair covering -- Covering Jewish women: the congregational context -- Splitting hairs: the struggle for community definition in a small town Orthodox synagogue -- Wearing many hats: the hair covering practices of the Orthodox Jewish women at Degel Israel Synagogue -- Letting their hair down: Orthodox women at Degel Israel Synagogue who choose not to cover their hair -- Flipping their wigs for Judaism: non-Orthodox women who choose to cover their heads -- The long and short of it: a psychoreligious interpretation of hair covering.
Note Description based on print version record.
Subject Hair -- Religious aspects -- Judaism.
Jewish women -- Religious life.
Jewish women -- Conduct of life.
Modesty -- Religious aspects -- Judaism.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Milligan, Amy K. Hair, headwear, and Orthodox Jewish women : Kallah's choice. Lanham : Lexington Books, an imprint of The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc., [2014] 9780739183656 (DLC)10987886
ISBN 9780739183656 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780739183663 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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