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Jewish Journeys: From Philo to Hip Hop
Contributor(s): Jordan, James (Editor), Kushner, Tony (Editor), Pearce, Sarah (Editor)

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 ISBN: 0853039623     ISBN-13: 9780853039624
Publisher: Vallentine Mitchell
OUR PRICE: $83.55  

Binding Type: Hardcover
Published: August 2010
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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Jewish Studies
- Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social
- Social Science | Emigration & Immigration
Dewey: 305.892
LCCN: 2010284255
Series: Parkes-Wiener Series on Jewish Studies
Physical Information: 374 pages
Themes:
- Ethnic Orientation - Jewish
- Religious Orientation - Jewish
Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Index
Review Citations: Reference and Research Bk News 02/01/2011 pg. 36
 
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Publisher Description:
The journey is central to the Jewish experience and the construction of Jewish identities across time and place. Remarkably, however, it has received almost no scholarly attention. This multi-disciplinary collection - embracing approaches from Jewish studies, migration studies, cultural and historical studies, literary criticism, religious studies, ethnic and racial studies, geography, and anthropology - opens up this important area. The book deals with both physical and spiritual Jewish journeys, as well as cultural and intellectual ones, exploring the relationship between these different categories and demonstrating that it is indeed difficult to separate the process of movement involving mind and body. The scholarly essays are divided into four sections: The Nature of Jewish Journeys; Body, Identity, and Gender; Intellectual and Cultural Transmission; and Journeys and Families. The essays combine theoretical sophistication with detailed case studies and are all accessible to a wide readership reflecting the intrinsic interest of the subject matter. Source material varies from television, popular music, shipping records, and testimony through to ancient religious texts. Jewish Journeys offers a path-breaking contribution to wider scholarship of migration and settlement.
 
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