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Patriarchy through lamentation in Azerbaijan

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In this article, I analyze patriarchy through the lens of emotional discourse in and beyond death rituals among Mountain Jews in northeastern Azerbaijan. I argue that the time-bound nature of female lamentation and the recent development of a popular narrative conceptualizing this genre as the custom defining Mountain Jewish identity in the Caucasus ultimately work to disempower women, reaffirming gender roles through narratives of suffering. Even though they use lamentations to address grievances within a context of increased outward migration, Mountain Jewish women cannot easily escape the conservative force that sorrow plays in their daily and ritual lives

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35(1)

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81–94

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Patriarchy through lamentation in Azerbaijan

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Goluboff, Sascha L. Patriarchy through lamentation in Azerbaijan. American Ethnologist. 2008: 81–94.  https://archive.jpr.org.uk/object-aze4