| Description |
vii, 327 pages ; 23 cm. |
| Series |
Anthropology of contemporary issues
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Anthropology of contemporary issues.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographies and index. |
| Contents |
sect. 1. Search: Between two worlds: notes on the celebration of Purim among New York Jews, March 1985 / Jack Kugelmass -- Waiting for a Jew: marginal redemption at the Eighth Street shul / Jonathan Boyarin -- Becoming more of an Eskimo: fieldwork among the Hasidim of Boro Park / Janet Belcove-Shalin -- sect. 2. Subcultures: Secular Seder: continuity and change among left-wing Jews / Anita Schwartz -- Rituals as keys to Soviet immigrants' Jewish identity / Fran Markowitz -- Rechnitzer rejects: a humor of modern Orthodoxy / Elliott Oring -- Flaming prayers: Hillula in a new home / Ruth Fredman Cernea -- Laughter that hurts: ritual humor and ritual change in an American Jewish community / Riv-Ellen Prell -- sect. 3. Us and them: A goy in the ghetto: Gentile-Jewish communication in fieldwork research / William E. Mitchell -- "Salim's going to be Muslim someday": the negotiated identities of an American Jewish ethnographer / Shalom Staub -- Surviving stories: reflections on Number our days / Barbara Myerhoff -- Making of a miracle / Jack Kugelmass. |
| Subject |
Jews -- United States -- Identity.
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Jews. |
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United States. |
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Identity (Philosophical concept) |
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Judaism -- United States.
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Judaism. |
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United States -- Ethnic relations.
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Ethnic relations. |
| Added Author |
Kugelmass, Jack.
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| ISBN |
0801420849 alkaline paper |
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9780801420849 alkaline paper |
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0801494087 paperback alkaline paper |
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9780801494086 paperback alkaline paper |
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