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Jews and Their Foodways (Hardcover)
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Jews and Their Foodways (Hardcover)
Series: Studies in Contemporary Jewry
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Food is not just a physical necessity but also a composite
commodity. It is part of a communication system, a nonverbal medium
for expression, and a marker of special events. Bringing together
contributions from fourteen historians, anthropologists,
sociologists, and literary critics, Volume XXVIII of Studies in
Contemporary Jewry presents various viewpoints on the subtle and
intricate relations between Jews and their foodways. The ancient
Jewish community ritualized and codified the sphere of food; by
regulating specific and detailed culinary laws, Judaism extended
and accentuated food's cultural meanings. Modern Jewry is no longer
defined exclusively in religious terms, yet a decrease in the role
of religion, including kashrut observance, does not necessarily
entail any diminishment of the role of food. On the contrary, as
shown by the essays in this volume, choices of food take on special
importance when Jewish individuals and communities face the
challenges of modernity. Following an introduction by Sidney Mintz
and concluding with an overview by Richard Wilk, the symposium
essays lead the reader from the 20th century to the 21st, across
Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and North America. Through periods
of war and peace, voluntary immigrations and forced deportations,
want and abundance, contemporary Jews use food both for demarcating
new borders in rapidly changing circumstances and for remembering a
diverse heritage. Despite a tendency in traditional Jewish studies
to focus on "high" culture and to marginalize "low" culture, Jews
and Their Foodways demonstrates how an examination of people's
eating habits helps to explain human life and its diversity through
no less than the study of great events, the deeds of famous people,
and the writings of distinguished rabbis.
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