Meat matters: ethnographic refractions of the Beta Israel
"Meat Matters offers a portrait of the lives of Ethiopian Jews as it is reflected and refracted thought the symbolism of meat. Drawing upon thirty years of fieldwork, this beautifully written and innovatively constructed ethnography tells the story of the Beta Israel, who began immigrating from...
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| Type de support: | Imprimé Livre |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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Bloomington
Indiana University Press
[2023]
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| Dans: | Année: 2023 |
| Collection/Revue: | Sephardi and Mizrahi studies
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| Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés: | B
Falashas
/ Animaux domestiques
/ Viande
/ Us et coutumes
/ Rite
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| Classifications IxTheo: | AG Vie religieuse BH Judaïsme KBN Afrique subsaharienne |
| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Jews, Ethiopian (Israël)
Social life and customs
B Middle East / Israel & Palestine / HISTORY B Livestock (Israël) B Meat (Israël) B SOCIAL SCIENCE / Jewish Studies B Jews, Ethiopian (Israël) Rites and ceremonies |
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Table des matières Inhaltsverzeichnis (Aggregator) Quatrième de couverture Literaturverzeichnis |
| Édition parallèle: | Électronique
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| Résumé: | "Meat Matters offers a portrait of the lives of Ethiopian Jews as it is reflected and refracted thought the symbolism of meat. Drawing upon thirty years of fieldwork, this beautifully written and innovatively constructed ethnography tells the story of the Beta Israel, who began immigrating from Ethiopia to Israel in the 1970s. Once in Israel, their world changed in formerly unimaginable ways, such as conversion under Rabbinic restrictions, moving into multistory buildings, different attitudes toward gender and reproduction, and perhaps above all, the newly acquired distinctiveness of the color of their bodies. In the face of such changes, the Beta Israel held on to a key idiom in their lives: meat. The community continues to be organized into kirchas, groups of friends and family who purchase and raise cows, then butcher and divide the animal's body into small and equal chunks, which are distributed among the kircha through a lottery ritual. Flowing back and forth between Ethiopia to Israel, Meat Matters follows the many strands of significance surrounding cows and meat, ultimately forming a vibrant web of meaning at the heart of the Beta Israel community today"-- |
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| Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 0253065771 |