Becoming frum
Benor, Sarah, 1975-
Becoming frum how newcomers learn the language and culture of Orthodox Judaism / [electronic resource] : Sarah Bunin Benor. - New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c2012. - 1 online resource (288 p.) - Jewish cultures of the world . - UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
9780813553917 0813553911
Sociolinguistics.
Yiddish language--Social aspects.
Hebrew language--Social aspects.
Orthodox Judaism--Social aspects.
Jews--Return to Orthodox Judaism.
Jewish way of life.
Electronic books.
BM723 / .B427 2012
296.8/32
Becoming frum how newcomers learn the language and culture of Orthodox Judaism / [electronic resource] : Sarah Bunin Benor. - New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c2012. - 1 online resource (288 p.) - Jewish cultures of the world . - UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
9780813553917 0813553911
Sociolinguistics.
Yiddish language--Social aspects.
Hebrew language--Social aspects.
Orthodox Judaism--Social aspects.
Jews--Return to Orthodox Judaism.
Jewish way of life.
Electronic books.
BM723 / .B427 2012
296.8/32