Muslim Custodians of Jewish Spaces in Morocco Drinking the Milk of Trust /

• Main Author: Driver, Cory Thomas Pechan (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Contemporary Anthropology of Religion
• Subjects: Ethnography.; Ethnology.; Religion and sociology.; Islam.; Ethnology-Middle East .; Social Anthropology.; Sociology of Religion.; Middle Eastern Culture.

Exploring the roles of Muslim guards and guides in Jewish cemeteries in Morocco, Cory Pechan Driver suggests that these custodians use performances of ritual and caring acts for Jewish graves for multiple reasons. Imazighen [Berbers] stress their close ties with Jews in order to create a moral self...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1. Introduction: Teaching Me How to Pray
• Chapter 2. Orientation: Arrival and Framing the Work of Ethnography
• Chapter 3. Moroccan Muslims Locating Moroccan Jews in Time and Space
• Chapter 4. Passover Professionals
• Chapter 5. Guards: Building Muslim Authority in Jewish Cemeteries
• Chapter 6. Drinking the Milk of Trust: A Performance of Authenticity
• Chapter 7. Blessings and the Business of Cemetery Tourism
• Chapter 8. Conclusion: Changing Flavor of the Milk of Trust.