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Judaism and Jewish Life Ser.: New Rituals--Old Societies : Invented Rituals in Contemporary Israel by Nissan Rubin (2009, Hardcover)
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New RitualsOld Societies: Invented Rituals in Contemporary Israel (Judaism and Jewish Life) by Rubin, Nissan [Hardcover]
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Product Identifiers
PublisherAcademic Studies Press
ISBN-101934843350
ISBN-139781934843352
eBay Product ID (ePID)71713196
Product Key Features
Number of Pages208 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameNew Rituals--Old Societies : Invented Rituals in Contemporary Israel
SubjectJudaism / Rituals & Practice, Judaism / General, Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Customs & Traditions, Jewish Studies
Publication Year2009
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaReligion, Social Science
AuthorNissan Rubin
SeriesJudaism and Jewish Life Ser.
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.5 in
Item Weight16 Oz
Item Length9.2 in
Item Width6.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceCollege Audience
LCCN2009-029832
Dewey Edition22
Dewey Decimal296.3/82095694
Table Of ContentPREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. PART ONE: RITES AND SOCIAL STRUCTURE. Chapter One: Social Networks and Mourning: A Comparative Approach. Chapter Two:Unofficial Memorial Rites in an Army Unit. PART TWO: RITES AND CIVIL RELIGION: INVENTION OF TRADITION. Chapter Three: Ethnic Civil Religion: A Case Study of Immigrants from Rumania in Israel (with Rina Neeman). Chapter Four: Death Customs in a Non-Religious Kibbutz: The Use of Sacred Symbols in a Secular Society. Chapter Five: Personal Bereavement in a Collective Environment: Mourning in the Kibbutz. PART THREE: PERSONAL DEFINITIONAL RITES: CHANGING ONE'S IDENTITY. Chapter Six: From Fat to Thin: Informal Rituals of Identity Change (with Carmela Shmilovitz and Meira Weiss). Chapter Seven: Formal and Informal Retirement Rites in the Israeli Army (with Drora Peer). REFERENCES. General Index. Authors Index.
SynopsisRituals provide public solutions to some types of life crises. There are crises which beset individuals in modern and post-modern society which are not easily addressed by traditional rituals. However, rites have not disappeared in contemporary society, but have merely changed their guise. New Rituals - Old Societies examines rituals which were invented by individuals and communities in order to celebrate important turning points. In contemporary Israel a process of innovation of new rituals was introduced, either by the adoption of ritual elements from outside sources or by the transformation of existing Jewish symbols through the infusion of new contents originating in secular ideology. The term "personal definitional rites" coined here refers to rites carried out by individuals undergoing a change in identity. Structural analysis supplies an additional dimension to this collection of studies., This examines rituals which were invented by individuals and communities in order to celebrate important turning points. In contemporary Israel a process of innovation of new rituals was introduced, either by the adoption of ritual elements from outside sources or by the transformation of existing Jewish symbols through the infusion of new contents originating in secular ideology. Structural analysis supplies an additional dimension to this collection of studies.
LC Classification NumberDS112
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