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Becoming frum : how newcomers learn the language and culture of Orthodox Judaism /
When non-Orthodox Jews become frum (religious), they encounter much more than dietary laws and Sabbath prohibitions. They find themselves in the midst of a whole new culture, involving matchmakers, homemade gefilte fish, and Yiddish-influenced grammar. Becoming Frum explains how these newcomers lear...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New Brunswick, NJ :
Rutgers University Press,
[2012]
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| Colección: | Jewish cultures of the world.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction : 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.