Gender, Immanence, and Transcendence
The Candle-Lighting Repertoire of Middle-Eastern Jews
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19429201 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Susan Starr Sered (0000-0002-5348-1624, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1991 |
| Volume | 6 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 293-305 |
| Publication date | 1991-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Metaphor and Symbolic Activity (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0885-7253 • E-ISSN: 2379-0288 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1207/s15327868ms0604_4 |
| OpenAlex | W2054621800 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 5 |
This article examines the candle-lighting ritual repertoire of Middle-Eastern Jews in Israel. It is demonstrated that the men's rituals sanctify and symbolically manipulate sacred time and space, whereas the women's rituals sanctify and symbolically manipulate personal relationships. Traditional Middle-Eastern Jewish culture is highly sexually segregated, with men and women expressing different values and concerns. It is suggested that the ways in which women and men ritually use and interpret candles help mediate male and female existential modes
Aesthetics · Art · Candle · Epistemology · Existentialism · Immanence · Judaism · Linguistics · Literature · Repertoire · Sociology · Theology · Anthropology · Gender Studies · Islamic Studies and History · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Jewish Identity and Society · Philosophy
| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,2 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2021 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |