Tarbush Transformation: Oriental Jewish Men and the Significance of Headgear in Ottoman and British Mandate Palestine.
This article traces the shifting meanings of the tarbush (or fez) among Oriental Jewish men in late-Ottoman and British Mandate Palestine. It demonstrates how the seemingly superficial issue of what men wore on their heads in fact reveals much about the broader historical changes in Oriental Jewish...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Social History Vol. 52; no. 4; pp. 1212 - 1250 |
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Oxford University Press / USA
Summer2019
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