| Record Type: |
Electronic resources
: monographic
|
| Title Information: |
how newcomers learn the language and culture of Orthodox Judaism |
| Author: |
BenorSarah, 1975- |
| Secondary Intellectual Responsibility: |
Project Muse |
| Place of Publication: |
New Brunswick, N.J. |
| Published: |
Rutgers University Press; |
| Year of Publication: |
c2012 |
| Description: |
1 online resource (288 p.). |
| Series: |
Jewish cultures of the world |
| Subject: |
Sociolinguistics - |
| Subject: |
Yiddish language - Social aspects - |
| Subject: |
Hebrew language - Social aspects - |
| Subject: |
Orthodox Judaism - Social aspects - |
| Subject: |
Jews - Return to Orthodox Judaism - |
| Subject: |
Jewish way of life - |
| Online resource: |
http://muse.jhu.edu/books/9780813553917/ |
| Notes: |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: |
9780813553917electronic bk. |
| ISBN: |
0813553911electronic bk. |
| ISBN: |
9780813553900hbk. |
| ISBN: |
9780813553894pbk. |
| ISBN: |
0813553903hbk. |
| Content Note: |
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 blackhat 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 |