Jewish Life and American Culture , livre ebook
268
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English
Ebooks
2012
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268
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English
Ebooks
2012
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Publié par
Date de parution
01 février 2012
Nombre de lectures
0
EAN13
9780791492741
Langue
English
Poids de l'ouvrage
27 Mo
Fishman introduces a new concept called coalescence, an adaptation technique through which Jews merge American and Jewish elements. Analyzing the increasingly permeable boundaries in the ethnic identity construction of Jewish and non-Jewish Americans, she suggests that during the process of coalescence, Jews combine the texts of American and Jewish cultures, losing track of their dissonance and perceiving them as a unified Jewish whole.
The author generates data from diverse sources in the social sciences and humanities, including the 1990 National Jewish Population Survey and other statistical studies, interviews and focus groups, popular and material culture, literature and film, to demonstrate the pervasiveness of coalescence. The book pays special attention to gender issues and the relationship of women to their Jewish and American identities.
A blend of lively narrative and scholarly detail, this book includes useful tables, accessible figures and models, and fascinating illustrations which present the educational, occupational, and behavioral patterns of American Jews, organizational profiles, family formation, religious observance, and the impact of Jewish education.
List of Tables and Figures
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Analyzing the Evidence
One
Coalescing American and Jewish Values
Two
Tracing Educational and Occupational Patterns
Three
Learning about Jewish Education
Four
Educating for Jewish Living
Five
Forming Jewish Households and Families
Six
Observing Religious Environments in Jewish Homes
Seven
Profiling Jewish Organizational Connections
Eight
Negotiating Both Sides of the Hyphen
Appendix
Notes
Subject Index
Index of Names
Publié par
Date de parution
01 février 2012
EAN13
9780791492741
Langue
English
Poids de l'ouvrage
27 Mo
