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ritualization of literacy: the works of Tunisian scholars in Israel 1
Author(s) -
DESHEN SHLOMO
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
american ethnologist
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.875
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1548-1425
pISSN - 0094-0496
DOI - 10.1525/ae.1975.2.2.02a00040
Subject(s) - publishing , literacy , piety , immigration , value (mathematics) , sociology , history , religious studies , classics , literature , art , philosophy , archaeology , pedagogy , machine learning , computer science
Book publishing is an act of piety among the Tunisian immigrants of Israel. The literary content of books is less important than their talismanic value. The Tunisian community in Israel has abandoned many of its traditional religious practices, substituting for them pious acts such as pilgrimages and the publishing of religious books.