MARC Record from Library of Congress

LEADER: 01821nam a22003258a 4500
001 2012000002
003 DLC
005 20120113171554.0
008 120104s2012 nju b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2012000002
020 $a9780813553900 (hardcover : alk. paper)
020 $a9780813553894 (pbk. : alk. paper)
020 $a9780813553917 (e-book)
040 $aDLC$cDLC
050 00 $aBM723$b.B427 2012
082 00 $a296.8/32$223
100 1 $aBenor, Sarah,$d1975-
245 10 $aBecoming frum :$bhow newcomers learn the language and culture of Orthodox Judaism /$cSarah Bunin Benor.
260 $aNew Brunswick, N.J. :$bRutgers University Press,$cc2012.
263 $a1210
300 $ap. cm.
490 0 $aJewish cultures of the world
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction : 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.
650 0 $aJewish way of life.
650 0 $aJews$xReturn to Orthodox Judaism.
650 0 $aOrthodox Judaism$xSocial aspects.
650 0 $aHebrew language$xSocial aspects.
650 0 $aYiddish language$xSocial aspects.
650 0 $aSociolinguistics.