Going to the People - Jews and the Ethnographic Impulse (Paperback)

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" cultures, and the problem of narration, among other topics.

General

Imprint:	Indiana University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	February 2016
First published:	2016
Editors:	Jeffrey Veidlinger
Contributors:	Jeffrey Veidlinger • Elissa Bemporad • Deborah Yalen • Sarah Zarrow • David E Fishman • Haya Bar-Itzhak • Nathaniel Deutsch • Alexandra Polyan • Maria Yelenevskaya
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	354
ISBN-13:	978-0-253-01914-1
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > Jewish studies
LSN:	0-253-01914-1
Barcode:	9780253019141

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