Becoming Frum : How Newcomers Learn the Language and Culture of Orthodox Judaism /

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Benor, Sarah, 1975-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, 2012.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Sociolinguistics.
Yiddish language > Social aspects.
Hebrew language > Social aspects.
Orthodox Judaism > Social aspects.
Jews > Return to Orthodox Judaism.
Jewish way of life.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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