ISBN:
9780814349540
,
9780814349557
Language:
English
Pages:
xxvi, 356 Seiten
,
23 cm
Year of publication:
2023
Series Statement:
Raphael Patai Series in Jewish Folklore and Anthropology
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
Keywords:
Food / Religious aspects / Judaism
;
Orthodox Judaism
;
Aliments / Aspect religieux / Judaïsme
;
Judaïsme orthodoxe
;
USA
;
Orthodoxes Judentum
;
Kulturelle Identität
;
Kaschrut
;
Halacha
Abstract:
"How do contemporary American Orthodox Jews use food to create boundaries, distinguishing and dividing groups from each other and from non-Orthodox communities? How does food symbolize beliefs, sustain and grow communities, and represent commitment to God? Eating at God's Table explores answers and examples from ten years of ethnographic research in the Orthodox enclave in the west Los Angeles Pico-Robertson neighborhood. Author Jody Myers explores the food-centeredness of Orthodox Jewish religious practice and the evolutionary development of today's demanding kosher laws. Opening with four scenarios based on real observations, Myers illustrates how many Orthodox residents' religious beliefs and practices around food are integrated into, even inseparable from, their daily activities. While the shared commitment to the kosher diet creates an overall sense of community, Orthodox sub-affiliations in the neighborhood use foodways to construct smaller, intimate communities, and individuals use food to fashion personal identities within the larger group. This rich exploration of kosher Orthodox foodways and their meanings demonstrates the inadequacy of limited or simple definitions of Orthodox Jewishness and offers insight into the religious diversity in American communities."--Provided by publisher
Description / Table of Contents:
1. Streets Paved with Food: A Portrait of a Kosher Food Hub -- 2. Proper Food, Proper Jews -- 3. Pedagogy and Public Relations -- 4. You Shall Eat Meat -- 5. Feeding Others
Note:
Enthält Literaturverzeichnis auf Seite [329]-345
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