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Becoming frum : how newcomers learn the language and culture of Orthodox Judaism
- Title
- Becoming frum : how newcomers learn the language and culture of Orthodox Judaism / Sarah Bunin Benor.
- Author
- Benor, Sarah, 1975-
- Publication
- New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c2012.
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Details
- Description
- xvii, 248 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
- Series Statement
- Jewish cultures of the world
- Uniform Title
- Jewish cultures of the world.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-235) and index.
- Contents
- Orthodox Jews and language socialization -- "Now you look like a lady" : adventures in ethnographic and sociolinguistic fieldwork -- "He has tzitzis hanging out of his ponytail" : Orthodox cultural practices and how bts adapt them -- "This is not what to record" : Yiddish, Hebrew, and the English of Orthodox Jews -- "Torah or toyrah" : language and the modern orthodox to black hat continuum -- "Just keepin' it real, mamish" : why ba'alei teshuva adopt (or avoid) Orthodox language -- "I finally got the lingo" : progression in newcomers' acquisition of Orthodox language -- "A ba'al teshuva freak" : distinguishing practices of newly Orthodox Jews -- Matisyahu and my fair lady : reflections on adult language socialization.
- Call Number
- *PYB 14-70
- ISBN
- 9780813553900 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- 0813553903 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- 9780813553894 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 081355389X (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 9780813553917 (e-book)
- 0813553911 (e-book)
- LCCN
- 2012000002
- OCLC
- 772774118
- Author
- Benor, Sarah, 1975-
- Title
- Becoming frum : how newcomers learn the language and culture of Orthodox Judaism / Sarah Bunin Benor.
- Imprint
- New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c2012.
- Series
- Jewish cultures of the worldJewish cultures of the world.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-235) and index.
- Research Call Number
- *PYB 14-70