Strictly Kosher Reading

Popular Literature and the Condition of Contemporary Orthodoxy

Inbunden, Engelska, 2011

Av Yoel Finkelman, Ph.D Finkelman, Yoel

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In every Haredi [ultra-Orthodox] neighbourhood today, bookstores overflow with an expansive variety of popular titles written by and for Haredi Jews. "Strictly Kosher Reading" offers a close reading of contemporary Haredi fiction, self-help, history, and popular theology, explaining how this isolationist religious community constructs its complex and paradoxical relationship with contemporary culture. Like isolationist religious groups throughout the world, Haredi Jews, as reflected in their popular literature, struggle to remain distinctive in a culture they find both frightening and attractive. Haredi popular literature sets up sharp boundaries between Haredi Jews and others. Yet, the same literature simultaneously undermines and blurs those boundaries.

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Utgivningsdatum2011-08-18
Mått155 x 234 x 20 mm
Vikt518 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieJewish Identities in Post-Modern Society
Antal sidor258
FörlagAcademic Studies Press
ISBN9781936235377

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"Yoel Finkelman presents a penetrating and fascinating analysis of the ways in which American “haredi” (“ultraorthodox”) writers and educators use the broader culture to create and maintain clear boundaries between themselves and the outside society and culture. With acute observations and a very effective writing style, this book is for anyone interested in the areas of American Orthodox Judaism, Jewish education, religion and media, as well as the broader social scientific area of culture and cognition."