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Raphael Patai Series in Jewish Folklore and Anthropology
The Raphael Patai Series in Jewish Folklore and Anthropology publishes books illuminating the diverse and culturally rich Jewish heritage. The series is named in honor of the many contributions of its founder and original editor, Raphael Patai. Series Editor: Dan Ben-Amos, University of Pennsylvania
Jewish Studies Categories: Jewish Studies, Folklore, History, Holocaust Studies, Israel and the Middle East, Literature and Poetry, Thought, Women and Judaism
Jewish Studies Series: America Holy Land Series, American Jewish Civilization Series, Raphael Patai Series in Jewish Folklore and Anthropology, A Guide to Jewish Practice Series
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Mediterranean Israeli Music and the Politics of the AestheticBy Amy Horowitz Examines a pan-ethnic style of music created by North African and Middle Eastern Israeli musicians in the late twentieth century. Price: $29.95s (Paper) | |||
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Perspectives on Israeli AnthropologyEdited by Esther Hertzog, Orit Abuhav, Harvey E. Goldberg, and Emanuel Marx Surveys past and present research on Israeli anthropology for students and researchers. Price: $45.00s (Paper) | |||
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Unwitting Zionists
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Settling in the Hearts
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Maqām and Liturgy
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Mediterranean Israeli Music and the Politics of the Aesthetic Examines a pan-ethnic style of music created by North African and Middle Eastern Israeli musicians in the late twentieth century. |
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Perspectives on Israeli Anthropology Surveys past and present research on Israeli anthropology for students and researchers. |
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Unwitting Zionists A study of the Iraqi Jewish community of Zakho that investigates the community’s attachment to the Land of Israel, the effects of Zionist activity, and immigration to Palestine and Israel. |
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Settling in the Hearts Describes and examines the attempts of Gush Emunim, a religious nationalistic social movement, to construct Israeli identity, collective memory, and sense of place. |
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Maqām and Liturgy Explores the cultural connection between Syrian Jewish life and Arab culture in present-day Brooklyn, New York, through liturgical music. |
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The Heart Is a Mirror A groundbreaking and comprehensive study of the Sephardic folktale as it relates to group identity and narrative culture. |
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Sister in Sorrow A compassionate and insightful study of Hungarian women who lived through the Holocaust, with an appendix containing their complete stories. |
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Ex-Soviets in Israel A groundbreaking study of personal stories from ex-Soviet immigrants in Israel, bringing together scholarship in anthropology, sociology, linguistics, semiotics, and social psychology. |
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A Narrative Community An intertextual examination of the storytelling of Israeli backpackers that analyzes their unique patterns of communication to create a thorough picture of this “narrative community.” |
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The Stains of Culture Portrays the experiences of Egyptian Karaites in the San Francisco Bay Area as it explores the relationship between text and everyday life, between literal reading and its translation into bodily practices—especially as related to the female body. |
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