Description: Further DetailsTitle: The Saints' ImpresariosCondition: NewSubtitle: Dreamers, Healers, and Holy Men in Israel's Urban PeripheryEAN: 9781934843710ISBN: 9781934843710Publisher: Academic Studies PressFormat: HardbackRelease Date: 12/17/2009Description: The astonishing revival of saint worship in contemporary Israel was ignited by Moroccan Jews, who had immigrated to the new country in the 1950s and 1960s. "The Saint's Impresarios" charts the vicissitudes of four new domestic shrines, established by Moroccan-born men and women in peripheral development towns, following an exciting revelation involving a saintly figure. Each of the case studies discussing the life stories of the 'saint impresarios' elaborates on a distinctive theme: dreams as psychocultural triggers for revelation; family and community responses to the initiative; female saint impresarios as healers; and the alleviation of life crises through the saint's idiom. The initiatives are evaluated against the historical background of Jews in Morocco and the sociopolitical and cultural changes in present-day Israeli society. This title is for readers interested in Israel and Jewish Studies, folk religion and mysticism, cultural and psychological anthropology, and Moroccan Jews.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Weight: 688gAuthor: Yoram BiluGenre: Society & CultureTopic: Social SciencesItem Height: 234mmItem Length: 155mmBook Series: Israel: Society, Culture, and HistoryRelease Year: 2009 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: The Saints' Impresarios
Title: The Saints' Impresarios
Subtitle: Dreamers, Healers, and Holy Men in Israel's Urban Periphery
EAN: 9781934843710
ISBN: 9781934843710
Release Date: 12/17/2009
Release Year: 2009
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Genre: Society & Culture
Topic: Social Sciences
Number of Pages: 364 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Saints' Impresarios : Dreamers, Healers, and Holy Men in Israel's Urban Periphery
Publisher: Academic Studies Press
Subject: Mysticism, Anthropology / Cultural & Social, History, Customs & Traditions, Judaism / Orthodox, Jewish Studies
Publication Year: 2009
Item Height: 0.8 in
Item Weight: 23.7 Oz
Type: Textbook
Item Length: 9.2 in
Subject Area: Religion, Social Science
Author: Yoram Bilu
Item Width: 6.1 in
Series: Israel: Society, Culture, and History Ser.
Format: Hardcover
