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Jewish bodylore
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ISBN: 1498595790 1498595812 1498595804 9781498595803 9781498595797 Year: 2019 Publisher: Lanham, Maryland

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Jewish Bodylore: Feminist and Queer Ethnographies of Folk Practices explores the Jewish body and its symbology as a space for identity communication, applying the tools of bodylore (the folkloric study of the body) to the Jewish body in ways that are in line both with feminist and queer theory. The text centers a feminist folkloric approach to embodiment while simultaneously recognizing its overlaps with the study of Jewish bodies and symbols. It investigates Jewish embodiment with a keen eye to that which breaks from tradition. Consideration is given to the ways in which bodies intersect with time and space in the synagogue, within religious movements, in secular culture, and in childhood ritual. Representing a unique approach to contemporary Jewish Studies, this book argues that Jewish bodies and the intersections they represent are at the core of understanding the contemporary Jewish experience. Rather than abandoning or dismissing Judaism, many contemporary Jews use their bodies as a canvas, claiming space for themselves, demonstrating a deliberate and calculated navigation of Jewish law, and engaging a traditionally patriarchal symbol set which, in its feminist use, amplifies their voices in a context which might otherwise silence them. Through these actions and choices, contemporary Jews demonstrate a nuanced understanding of their public identities as gendered and sexed bodies and a commitment to working towards increased inclusivity within the larger Jewish and secular communities. In the end, this book is a foray into the world of Jewish bodies, how they can be conceptualized using folkloristics, and how feminist methodologies of the body can be applied fairly to Jewish bodies, celebrating the multitude of ways in which the body can be conceptualized and experienced.


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Le figure inquiete : tre saggi sull'immaginario folklorico
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ISBN: 8820433303 Year: 1989 Volume: 31 44 Publisher: Milano, Italy : F. Angeli,

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Outlines of Chinese Symbolism and Art Motives : An alphabetical compendium of antique legends and beliefs, as reflected in the manners and customs of the Chinese
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ISBN: 0486233723 Year: 1976 Publisher: New York Dover Publications, Inc.

The Japanese numbers game
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ISBN: 0203318102 1280331607 0203038975 9780203318102 9780203038970 9781134935581 1134935587 9786610331604 661033160X 9781134935598 1134935595 9781134935543 1134935544 9781138009233 1138009237 9780415056090 0415056098 0415056098 Year: 1992 Publisher: London New York Routledge

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An almost obsessional use of numbers characterizes Japanese popular culture. A wide variety of numerical formulae and strategies provide the means for explaining events and solving problems occurring in everyday life. These include such matters as the choice of the name for a child, ranking in almost any game or sport, the diagnosis and cure of illness or the decision to accept a new job. This text provides a general study of the field of Japanese popular numeracy. It introduces the reader to a world of numbers in which fortune-telling, the abacus and games involving numbers, as well as cur

Dictionnaire des symboles : mythes, rêves, coutumes, gestes, formes, figures, couleurs, nombres
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ISBN: 222108716X 9782221087169 Year: 1997 Publisher: Paris : Robert Laffont,

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C'est trop peu dire que nous vivons dans un monde de symboles et qu'un monde de symboles vit en nous. De la psychanalyse à l'anthropologie, de la critique d'art à la publicité et à la propagande politique, sciences, arts et techniques essayent de décrypter ces différents codes, tant pour élargir le champ de nos connaissances, tant pour apprivoiser l'énergie sous-jacente à nos actes et à nos comportements. À travers quelques 1 600 articles, le lecteur circule à travers cette forêt de symboles dont les ramifications se poursuivent dans les strates les plus cachées de notre mémoire. En effet, l'expression symbolique traduit l'effort de l'homme pour déchiffrer et maîtriser un destin qui lui échappe, tant semblent impénétrables les obscurités qui l'entourent.


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A dictionary of symbols
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ISBN: 0631192654 Year: 1994 Publisher: Oxford ; Cambridge (Mass.) : Blackwell,

Petit Poucet deviendra grand : le travail du conte
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ISBN: 2909351165 9782909351162 Year: 1995 Publisher: Bordeaux : Mollat,


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Petit Poucet deviendra grand : soigner avec le conte
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ISBN: 2228896411 9782228896412 Year: 2002 Volume: 443 Publisher: Paris : Editions Payot & Rivages,

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