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Gondar's child : songs, honor and identity among Ethiopian Jews in Israel
- Title
- Gondar's child : songs, honor and identity among Ethiopian Jews in Israel / Marilyn Herman.
- Author
- Herman, Marilyn.
- Publication
- Trenton, N.J. : Red Sea Press, c2012.
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Details
- Description
- xiv, 316 p. : ill., maps; 22 cm.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Ethiopia. Origins, Jewishness, and the issue of descent ; "Low status", yet superior " polluting", yet pure ; Blacksmith and Buda accusations -- Israel. The Ethiopian Eda in Israel ; A story of hope that is blossoming and of despair ; How the untraditional becomes traditional ; War songs and songs in war ; Honorable love and the shame of loving too much ; Receiving the song, receiving the dance, song as dance ; The wholeness of the song, segmented ; The concept of Keñet and Betä Israel song ; Aklilu Syoum and the band of Porachat HaTikva: a meeting of two traditions ; Aliya and Tizita: moving homeward, looking back ; Variations on a theme of honor and identity.
- Call Number
- Sc D 12-1032
- ISBN
- 1569023271 (cloth)
- 9781569023273 (cloth)
- 156902328X (pbk.)
- 9781569023280 (pbk.)
- LCCN
- 2010043988
- OCLC
- 670324898
- Author
- Herman, Marilyn.
- Title
- Gondar's child : songs, honor and identity among Ethiopian Jews in Israel / Marilyn Herman.
- Imprint
- Trenton, N.J. : Red Sea Press, c2012.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Research Call Number
- Sc D 12-1032