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Going to the People: Jews and the Ethnographic Impulse
Jeffrey Veidlinger (Ed.)
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Description for Going to the People: Jews and the Ethnographic Impulse
Hardback. Selected papers presented at a conference held at Indiana University in February 2013. Editor(s): Veidlinger, Jeffrey. Num Pages: 364 pages, 7 b&w illus. BIC Classification: JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 236 x 28. Weight in Grams: 668.
Taking S. An-sky's expeditions to the Pale of Jewish Settlement as its point of departure, the volume explores the dynamic and many-sided nature of ethnographic knowledge and the long and complex history of the production and consumption of Jewish folk traditions. These essays by historians, anthropologists, musicologists, and folklorists showcase some of the finest research in the field. They reveal how the collection, analysis, and preservation of ethnography intersect with questions about the construction and delineation of community, the preservation of Jewishness, the meaning of belief, the significance of retrieving cultural heritage, the politics of accessing and memorializing lost ... Read more
Taking S. An-sky's expeditions to the Pale of Jewish Settlement as its point of departure, the volume explores the dynamic and many-sided nature of ethnographic knowledge and the long and complex history of the production and consumption of Jewish folk traditions. These essays by historians, anthropologists, musicologists, and folklorists showcase some of the finest research in the field. They reveal how the collection, analysis, and preservation of ethnography intersect with questions about the construction and delineation of community, the preservation of Jewishness, the meaning of belief, the significance of retrieving cultural heritage, the politics of accessing and memorializing lost ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Indiana University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
364
Place of Publication
Bloomington, IN, United States
ISBN
9780253019080
SKU
V9780253019080
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About Jeffrey Veidlinger (Ed.)
Jeffrey Veidlinger is Joseph Brodsky Collegiate Professor of History and Judaic Studies at the University of Michigan. He is author of In the Shadow of the Shtetl: Small-Town Jewish Life in Soviet Ukraine (IUP), Jewish Public Culture in the Late Russian Empire (IUP), and The Moscow State Yiddish Theater: Jewish Culture on the Soviet Stage (IUP).
Reviews for Going to the People: Jews and the Ethnographic Impulse
The high scholarly standard of these essays is a remarkable achievement, demonstrating the vitality of Jewish folklore and ethnographic studies a hundred years after An-sky's pioneering expedition.
Folklore
Overall, Going to the People proves itself a useful addition to scholarship on Jewish folklore and ethnography by introducing major issues in these fi elds, as well as the historical ... Read more
Folklore
Overall, Going to the People proves itself a useful addition to scholarship on Jewish folklore and ethnography by introducing major issues in these fi elds, as well as the historical ... Read more