LEADER 03908cam a2200469 i 4500001 284254 005 20240624132559.0 008 220525s2021 miua b 001 0 eng d 010 2020945635 015 GBC168240 |2bnb 016 7 020180356 |2Uk 020 9780814348284 |qhardcover 020 0814348289 |qhardcover 020 9780814338759 |qpaperback 020 0814338755 |qpaperback 035 (OCoLC)on1200197927 035 (DLC) 2020945635 035 (DLC)284254 042 lccopycat 040 YDX |beng |erda |cYDX |dBDX |dYDX |dOCLCO |dUKMGB |dOCLCF |dIUL |dDLC 050 00 DS112 |b.B77 2021 082 04 305.892/4 |223 100 1 Bronner, Simon J., |eauthor. 245 10 Jewish cultural studies / |cSimon J. Bronner. 264 1 Detroit, Michigan : |bWayne State University Press, |c[2021] 300 xix, 458 pages : |billustrations ; |c24 cm. 336 text |btxt |2rdacontent 337 unmediated |bn |2rdamedia 338 volume |bnc |2rdacarrier 490 1 Raphael Patai series in Jewish folklore and anthropology 504 Includes bibliographical references (pages 387-442) and index. 520 "Jewish Cultural Studies charts the contours and boundaries of Jewish cultural studies and the issues of Jewish culture that make it so intriguing-and necessary-not only for Jews but also for students of identity, ethnicity, and diversity generally. In addition to framing the distinguishing features of Jewish culture and the ways it has been studied, and often misrepresented and maligned, Simon J. Bronner presents several case studies using ethnography, folkloristic interpretation, and rhetorical analysis. Bronner, building on many years of global cultural exploration, locates patterns, processes, frames, and themes of events and actions identified as Jewish to discern what makes them appear Jewish and why. Jewish Cultural Studies is divided into three parts. Part 1 deals with the conceptualization of how Jews in complex, heterogenous societies identify themselves as a cultural group to non-Jews and vice versa-such as how the Jewish home is socially and materially constructed. Part 2 delves into ritualization as a strategic Jewish practice for perpetuating peoplehood and the values that it suggests-for example, the rising popularity of naming ceremonies for newborn girls, simhat bat or zeved habat, in the twenty-first century. Part 3 explores narration, including the global transformation of Jewish joking in online settings and the role of Jews in American political culture. Bronner reflects that a reason to separate Jewish cultural studies from the fields of Jewish studies and cultural studies is the distinctiveness of Jewish culture among other ethnic experiences. As a diasporic group with religious ties and varying local customs, Jews present difficulties of categorization. He encourages a multiperspectival approach that considers the Jewish double consciousness as being aware of both insider and outsider perspectives, participation in ancient tradition and recent modernization, and the great variety and stigmatization of Jewish experience and cultural expression. Students and scholars in Jewish studies, cultural studies, ethnic-religious studies, folklore, sociology, psychology, and ethnology are the intended audience for this book"-- |cProvided by publisher. 591 Record updated by Marcive brief record update service 24 June 2024 599 Shelved at 48-5-4 650 0 Jews |xCivilization. 650 0 Jews |xIdentity. 650 0 Judaism |xCustoms and practices. 650 7 Jews |xCivilization. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst00983166 650 7 Jews |xIdentity. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst00983278 650 7 Judaism |xCustoms and practices. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst00984294 830 0 Raphael Patai series in Jewish folklore and anthropology. 852 0 |breceiving |kShelved at 48-5-4