The Stains of Culture: An Ethno-Reading of Karaite Jewish Women

by Ruth Tsoffar

A minority within Judaism, the Karaites are known as a 'reading community'--one that looks to the Bible as the authority in all areas of life, including intimate relations and hygiene. Here Ruth Tsoffar considers how Egyptian Kariates of the San Francisco Bay Area define themselves, within both California culture and Judaism, in terms of the Bible and its bearing on their bodies. Women's perspectives play a large role in this ethnography; it is...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814332234
• ISBN13: 9780814332238
• Release Date: December 2005
• Publisher: Wayne State University Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.0"