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Hebrew Infusion : Language and Community at American Jewish Summer Camps /
"Each summer, tens of thousands of American Jews attend residential camps, where they may see Hebrew signs, sing and dance to Hebrew songs, and hear a camp-specific hybrid language register called Camp Hebraized English, as in: "Let's hear some ruach (spirit) in this chadar ochel (din...
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| Format: | Électronique eBook |
| Langue: | Inglés |
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London :
Rutgers University Press,
[2020]
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| Collection: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
Table des matières:
- Cover
- Praise for Hebrew Infusion
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Introduction
- PART I: Past
- 1. Hebrew Infusion in American Jewish Summer Camps, 1900-1990
- 2. Camp Massad in the Poconos and the Rise and Fall of Hebrew Immersion Camping
- 3. Camp Ramah: A Transition from Immersion to Infusion
- PART II: Present
- 4. A Flexible Signifier: Diversity in Hebrew Infusion and Ideology
- 5. The Building Blocks of Infusion
- 6. "Sign" Language: Visual Displays of Hebrew and Jewish Space
- 7. Bringing Israel to Camp: Israeli Emissaries and Hebrew
- 8. Conflicting Ideologies of Hebrew Use
- Epilogue
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- References
- Index
- About the Authors