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1 online resource |
| Contents |
Cover -- becoming un-orthodox: stories of ex-hasidic jews -- copyright -- dediaction -- a note on terminology -- contents |
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Acknowledgments chapter one: the life worldsof hasidic jews -- hasidic life: the metanarrative and religious bodily practices |
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Overview of orthodoxy hasidic families -- narratives and embodiment -- chapter two: tears in the sacred canopy |
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Exposure to the secular world ehud -- sam -- abby -- secular relatives -- leah -- rutie -- non-normative families -- leah |
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Sarah shlomo -- abuse -- adina -- abby -- hadas -- feminist critique -- adina -- rutie -- leah |
| Summary |
Leaving a religion is not merely a matter of losing or rejecting faith. For many, it involves dramatic changes of everyday routines and personal habits. Davidman bases her analysis on in-depth conversations with forty ex-Hasidic individuals. From these conversations emerge accounts of the great fear, angst, and sense of danger that come of leaving a highly bounded enclave community. Many of those interviewed spoke of feeling marginal in their own communities; of strain in their homes due to death, divorce, or their parents' profound religious differences; experienced sexual, physical, or verba |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Orthodox Judaism -- Relations -- Nontraditional Jews.
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Ultra-Orthodox Jews -- Unites States -- Anecdotes
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RELIGION -- Judaism -- General.
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Interfaith relations -- Nontraditional Jews
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Orthodox Judaism
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Ultra-Orthodox Jews
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| Genre/Form |
Anecdotes
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780199380510 |
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0199380511 |
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9780199380527 |
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019938052X |
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