The cult of dismembered limbs: Jewish rites of death at the scene of Palestinian suicide terrorism
This text presents a comprehensive and nuanced portrayal of ZAKA - an organization of ultra-orthodox religious Jews who rush to the sites of Palestinian suicide attacks in Israel to care for the mutilated corpses of the victims according to an intricate, symbolically charged, macabre rite. Gideon Ar...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
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New York, NY
Oxford University Press
[2023]
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| In: | Year: 2023 |
| Series/Journal: | Oxford scholarship online
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Palestinian Arabs
/ Suicide bombings
/ Terrorist
/ Crisis management
/ Victim (Social psychology)
/ Judaism
/ Death
/ Ritual
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| Further subjects: | B
Suicide Bombings (Israel)
B Search and rescue operations (Israel) B Terrorists Suicidal behavior (Israel) B ZAKA Rescue & Recovery (Tel Aviv, Israel) History B Social services & welfare, criminology B Palestinian Arabs Suicidal behavior (Israel) B Society B EMERGENCY management (Israel) B Victims of terrorism (Israel) |
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| Summary: | This text presents a comprehensive and nuanced portrayal of ZAKA - an organization of ultra-orthodox religious Jews who rush to the sites of Palestinian suicide attacks in Israel to care for the mutilated corpses of the victims according to an intricate, symbolically charged, macabre rite. Gideon Aran has spent years embedded with the men of ZAKA, and in this ethnography he takes readers inside the organization and on the ground with these men as they do their gruesome - but, in their view, holy - work. |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 0197689183 |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780197689141.001.0001 |