Yeshiva fundamentalism piety, gender, and resistance in the ultra-Orthodox world / Nurit Stadler.

Author/creator Stadler, Nurit
Format Electronic
Publication InfoNew York : New York University Press,
Descriptionxviii, 197 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
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Contents Introduction: redefining male piety and fundamentalism -- Yeshiva fundamentalism in Israel's Haredi community -- On the edge of transgression: the study of Talmud and the evil inclination -- Challenges to the fundamentalist denouncement of work -- The idealization of soldiers' masculinity -- The domestication of masculine piety -- A case study: terror, ZAKA, and the "soldiers of piety" -- Conclusion: a reconstruction of fundamentalism and piety.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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LCCN 2008031657
ISBN9780814740491 (cl : alk. paper)
ISBN0814740499 (cl : alk. paper)

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