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

Author/creator Milligan, Amy K., 1982- author.
Format Electronic
PublicationLanham ; Boulder ; New York ; London : Lexington Books, an imprint of The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc., [2014]
Copyright Date©2014
Description1 online resource (167 pages)
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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.
Local noteElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Source of descriptionDescription based on print version record.
Issued in other formPrint 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
Genre/formElectronic books.
ISBN9780739183663 (e-book)

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