SUNY series in Anthropology and Judaic Studies – serie
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Non-Jewish Origins of the Sephardic Jews
Av Paul Wexler
Häftad, 1996
502 kr
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The author uses linguistic, ethnographic, and historical evidence to support his theory that the origins of Sephardic Jews are predominantly Berber and Arab.In The Non-Jewish Origins of the Sephardic Jews, Paul Wexler presents a groundbreaking theory that challenges the conventional narrative of …
Communal Webs
Communication and Culture in Contemporary Israel
Häftad, 1991
456 kr
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This book brings together insights derived from a detailed exploration of Israeli cultural patterns of communication, highlighting their role in the processes of culture formation, maintenance, and change. Katriel's ethnographic examples provide a richly-textured account of Israeli cultural …
New World Hasidim
Ethnographic Studies of Hasidic Jews in America
Häftad, 1995
491 kr
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A collection of essays that examines the culture, politics, and social structure of Hasidic Jewish life.Hasidim has long been the subject of historical, philosophical, and literary accounts, but it is only in recent years that it has begun to attract the close attention of social scientists. This …
Let Shepherding Endure
Applied Anthropology and the Preservation of a Cultural Tradition in Israel and the Middle East
Häftad, 2003
563 kr
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Addresses how shepherding communities in Israel and the Middle East might be preserved.Examining the crucial problems confronting present-day livestock breeders, principally Bedouin and Jews in Israel, but also pastoral nomads in neighboring Middle Eastern countries, Let Shepherding Endure proposes …
Judaism Viewed from Within and from Without
Anthropological Studies
Häftad, 1987
487 kr
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Judaism Viewed from Within and from Without presents three themes. The first applies anthropological analyses to classic textual material in Judaism, the second presents studies of different expressions of Jewish life in America, while the third portrays varieties of Judaism among different …
Persistence and Flexibility
Anthropological Perspectives on the American Jewish Experience
Häftad, 1988
487 kr
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Using a variety of anthropological approaches, the authors illustrate how the Jewish identity has persisted in the United States despite great subcultural variation and a wide range of adaptations. Within the various essays, attention is given to both mainstream Jews and to the Hasidim, Yemenites, …
Managing Change in Old Age
The Control of Meaning in an Institutional Setting
Av Haim Hazan
Häftad, 1992
386 kr
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This book is an ethnographic study of an old age home in Israel that sheds light on the existential experience of elderly retirees. Hazan looks carefully at the universal concerns of old age, specifically examining the nature of everyday life in the institutional setting. He shows the workings of …
New Horizons in Sephardic Studies
Av Yedida K. Stillman, George K. Zucker
Häftad, 1993
426 kr
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This book contains the most recent research in the intrinsically interdisciplinary field of Sephardic Studies. It provides new insights into Sephardic history, culture, folklore, languages, music, and literature from both new and established international scholars.
Non-Jewish Origins of the Sephardic Jews
Av Paul Wexler
Inbunden, 1996
1144 kr
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The author uses linguistic, ethnographic, and historical evidence to support his theory that the origins of Sephardic Jews are predominantly Berber and Arab.In The Non-Jewish Origins of the Sephardic Jews, Paul Wexler presents a groundbreaking theory that challenges the conventional narrative of …
Ashkenazi Jews in Mexico
Ideologies in the Structuring of a Community
Av Adina Cimet
Häftad, 1997
401 kr
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An account of the life of the Ashkenazi Jews in Mexico in this century highlights the intersection of cultural and political international problems, shedding light on the contemporary condition of minorities the world over.In a century full of social dreams and abhorrent calamities, the survival of …
Grasping Land
Space and Place in Contemporary Israeli Discourse and Experience
Häftad, 1997
413 kr
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Examines the discourses and experiences associated with space and place in contemporary Israel.This volume explores various processes associated with constructing what has variously been called "The Holy Land," "Eretz Israel," "Zion," Palestine," or "Israel." The contributors focus on ways the …
Voices of Yugoslav Jewry
Häftad, 1998
437 kr
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Emphasizes the role of history in shaping Yugoslav Jewish identity.Voices of Yugoslav Jewry emphasizes the role of history in shaping Yugoslav Jewish identity. World War II imposed irreversible effects on this population of Jews, leaving them with an acute sense of disjuncture and fragmentation. …
Let Shepherding Endure
Applied Anthropology and the Preservation of a Cultural Tradition in Israel and the Middle East
Inbunden, 2003
1111 kr
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Addresses how shepherding communities in Israel and the Middle East might be preserved.Examining the crucial problems confronting present-day livestock breeders, principally Bedouin and Jews in Israel, but also pastoral nomads in neighboring Middle Eastern countries, Let Shepherding Endure proposes …
Judaism Viewed from Within and from Without
Anthropological Studies
Inbunden, 1987
1111 kr
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Judaism Viewed from Within and from Without presents three themes. The first applies anthropological analyses to classic textual material in Judaism, the second presents studies of different expressions of Jewish life in America, while the third portrays varieties of Judaism among different …
Yitzhak Rabin's Assassination and the Dilemmas of Commemoration
Inbunden, 2009
1144 kr
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Examines how Israeli society has commemorated Yitzhak Rabin.How does a society cope with the challenge of acknowledging and commemorating difficult aspects of its past? In Yitzhak Rabin's Assassination and the Dilemmas of Commemoration, Vered Vinitzky-Seroussi develops a timely sociology of …
Yitzhak Rabin's Assassination and the Dilemmas of Commemoration
Häftad, 2010
413 kr
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Examines how Israeli society has commemorated Yitzhak Rabin.How does a society cope with the challenge of acknowledging and commemorating difficult aspects of its past? In Yitzhak Rabin's Assassination and the Dilemmas of Commemoration, Vered Vinitzky-Seroussi develops a timely sociology of …
