Becoming frum: how newcomers learn the language and culture of Orthodox Judaism
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Main Author: Bunin Benor, Sarah 1975- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New Brunswick, N.J. [u.a.] Rutgers Univ. Press 2012
Series:Jewish cultures of the world
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Links:http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=025665707&sequence=000002&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
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
Physical Description:XVII, 248 S. Ill.
ISBN:9780813553894
9780813553900