Anthropology
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Eating at God's Table
How Foodways Create and Sustain Orthodox Jewish Communities
The practice and meaning of kosher Orthodox foodways in sustaining a vibrant and diverse community.
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Jewish Revival Inside Out
Remaking Jewishness in a Transnational Age
Unravels the cultural tension inherent in projects of Jewish revival, renewal, and survival in the face of an uncertain future.
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ISBN: 9780814349182
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ISBN: 9780814349175
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ISBN: 9780814349496
The Legend of Safed
Life and Fantasy in the City of Kabbalah
Jewish life through the legends created and narrated in Safed in the sixteenth century.
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ISBN: 9780814341100
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ISBN: 9780814346846
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ISBN: 9780814341117
Concrete Boxes
Mizrahi Women on Israel's Periphery
Evocative feminist ethnography focused on the rarely documented lives of Mizrahi women in a marginalized Israeli community.
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ISBN: 9780814344422
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ISBN: 9780814340592
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ISBN: 9780814340608
The Meaning of Citizenship
An interdisciplinary exploration of four key issues in the theory and practice of citizenship.
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ISBN: 9780814341308
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ISBN: 9780814341315
In the Company of Others
The Development of Anthropology in Israel
An ethnographic account of the history and development of anthropology in Israel.
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ISBN: 9780814338735
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ISBN: 9780814338742
Jadid al-Islam
The Jewish "New Muslims" of Meshhed
This study documents the history, traditions, tales, customs, and institutions of the Jadid al-Islam—"New Muslims."
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ISBN: 9780814340752
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ISBN: 9780814326527
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ISBN: 9780814341858
Aesthetics of Sorrow
The Wailing Culture of Yemenite Jewish Women
Investigates the socio-cultural, psychological, and philosophical aspects of the Yemenite Jewish wailing tradition in modern Israel.
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ISBN: 9780814334768
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ISBN: 9780814339756
Paths to Middle-Class Mobility among Second-Generation Moroccan Immigrant Women in Israel
Investigates class mobility in a group of 40-50-year-old second-generation Moroccan immigrant women, members of a subordinate ethnic group in Israel.
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ISBN: 9780814338810
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ISBN: 9780814338582

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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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ISBN: 9780814334652
Unwitting Zionists
The Jewish Community of Zakho in Iraqi Kurdistan
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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ISBN: 9780814333662
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ISBN: 9780814336892
Perspectives on Israeli Anthropology
Surveys past and present research on Israeli anthropology for students and researchers.
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ISBN: 9780814330500
Settling in the Hearts
Jewish Fundamentalism in the Occupied Territories
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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ISBN: 9780814327500

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Maqam and Liturgy
Ritual, Music, and Aesthetics of Syrian Jews in Brooklyn
Explores the cultural connection between Syrian Jewish life and Arab culture in present-day Brooklyn, New York, through liturgical music.
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ISBN: 9780814332160
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ISBN: 9780814341865
Ex-Soviets in Israel
From Personal Narratives to a Group Portrait
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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ISBN: 9780814331699
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ISBN: 9780814338391
A Narrative Community
Voices of Israeli Backpackers
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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ISBN: 9780814331767
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ISBN: 9780814337585

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The Stains of Culture
An Ethno-Reading of Karaite Jewish Women
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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ISBN: 9780814332238
Manipulating the Sacred
Yorùbá Art, Ritual, and Resistance in Brazilian Candomblé
The first art historical study of Yoruba-descended African Brazilian religious art based on an author's long-term participation in and observation of private and public rituals.
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ISBN: 9780814328521
Dialogic Moments
From Soul Talks to Talk Radio in Israeli Culture
An original ethnographic study about communication and culture in Palestine and Israel during the Twentieth Century, examining three modes of communication—soul talks, straight talk, and talk radio.
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ISBN: 9780814327753
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ISBN: 9780814327746
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ISBN: 9780814337509
Staging and Stagers in Modern Jewish Palestine
The Creation of Festive Lore in a New Culture, 1882-1948
By analyzing key aspects of Hebrew culture, this book adds new dimension to the anthropological, sociological, and historical studies dealing with folklore, rituals, and festivals.
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ISBN: 9780814328453
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ISBN: 9780814341889