Bibliograph

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

Type

Label

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

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 143-147) and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Hair, headwear, and Orthodox Jewish women

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

Amy K. Milligan

Sub title

Kallah's choice

Table Of 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

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