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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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Becoming frum: how newcomers learn the language and culture of Orthodox Judaism
2012, Rutgers University Press
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New Brunswick, N.J

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.

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.

ID Numbers

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

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