An edition of Becoming frum (2012)

Becoming frum

how newcomers learn the language and culture of Orthodox Judaism

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An edition of Becoming frum (2012)

Becoming frum

how newcomers learn the language and culture of Orthodox Judaism

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Language
English
Pages
248

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Table of Contents

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.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Published in
New Brunswick, N.J
Series
Jewish cultures of the world

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
296.8/32
Library of Congress
BM723 .B427 2012, BM723.B427 2012

The Physical Object

Pagination
p. cm.
Number of pages
248

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL25173499M
Internet Archive
becomingfrumhown0000beno
ISBN 13
9780813553900, 9780813553894, 9780813553917
LCCN
2012000002
OCLC/WorldCat
772774118

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Work ID
OL16464861W

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