Marriage rituals Italian style : a historical anthropological perspective on early modern Italian Jews / by Roni Weinstein.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Weinstein, Roni.

Series:

Brill's series in Jewish studies ; v. 35.

Brill's series in Jewish studies, 0926-2261 ; v. 35

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jewish marriage customs and rites--Italy.

Jewish marriage customs and rites.

Judaism--Italy--History--16th century.

Judaism.

Judaism--Italy--History--17th century.

Anthropology--Italy.

Anthropology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (533 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Marriage Rituals Italian Style: A Historical Anthropological Perspective on Early Modern Italian Jews is the first comprehensive attempt to present the wealth of primary documents relating to marriage rituals in Jewish Italian communities - responsa, private letters, court protocols, defamating books, love stories, material objects - and place them in historical context. The book traces the chronological course of different phases of marriage (matchmaking, betrothal, the wedding day), and also adopts a thematic perspective. Marriage rituals mirror key issues in local Jewish culture: family life, gender, the youth sub-culture, sexuality, the uses of property, and the honor ethos. Jewish marriage rituals in Italy are revealed as surprisingly similar to those of their Catholic neighbors, and undergo similar change process.

Contents:

Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; Introduction: The Research Field, The Method, The Sources, The Research Questions; Chapter One: "An Auspicious Time For Finding Mates": Matchmaking (Stage One)-Finding A Partner; Chapter Two: "Matchmaking Is Much Like Betrothal": Matchmaking (Stage Two)-Signing And Publishing The Tenaim; Chapter Three: "The Issue Is Not The Ring, But The Publicity": Kiddushin-Public And Hidden; Chapter Four: "A Woman's Voice Is Lewdness": Gossip, Honor, and Social Control in the Marriage Ritual

Chapter Five: "To Give Her Gifts and Betroth Her by the Law of Moses and Israel": Gifts and the Marriage RitualChapter Six: "Shame on the Youth who Aches for Women": The Marriage Ritual as Seen by the Young; Chapter Seven: "Mirth And Clowning On This Matter": The Wedding Day-Between Pious Joy And Carnival; Summary: Marriage Rituals Italian Style; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [477]-503) and index.

ISBN:

1-280-46510-7

9786610465101

1-4237-1419-9

90-474-0267-7

OCLC:

191937245

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789047402671 DOI