Hair, headwear, and Orthodox Jewish women : Kallah's choice /
Amy K. Milligan.
- 1 online resource.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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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Hair--Religious aspects--Judaism. Jewish women--Religious life. Jewish women--Conduct of life. Modesty--Religious aspects--Judaism. HEALTH & FITNESS / Beauty & Grooming