{"product_id":"framing-sukkot-tradition-and-transformation-in-jewish-vernacular-architecture-paperback-softback-9780253031822","title":"Framing Sukkot; Tradition and Transformation in Jewish Vernacular Architecture (Paperback \/ softback) 9780253031822","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eFraming Sukkot\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eTradition and Transformation in Jewish Vernacular Architecture\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eGabrielle Anna Berlinger (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780253031822\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 20 September 2017\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e264 pages, 76 color illus., 2 tables\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.49 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"While providing fascinating and abundant ethnographic detail about sukkah builders, their families, and their daily lives,[Berlinger] raises important theoretical questions that merit additional attention.\"—\u003ci\u003eReading Religion\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"This is an important and timely book: important because it contributes significantly to the expanding literature on Jewish history and culture; and timely due to its arrival just as many are questioning the relationship folklore as a discipline has to the field of vernacular architecture studies.\"—\u003ci\u003eJournal of Folklore Research\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Berlinger's rich and nuanced ethnography sheds light on many sukkot from Bloomington to Tel Aviv, Jaffa, and Jerusalem, and back to Brooklyn; like the wandering in the Sinai desert, this journey is crucial, and although the Promised Land does not allow one to rest as it opens further questions, it is Berlinger's wandering that helps us in framing such wonderings.\"—\u003ci\u003eJournal of American Folklore\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"The book is a clear and original contribution that considers Jewish folklore within wider sociopolitical contexts. It raises questions and offers insights previously unexplored in the field, within both Jewish Studies and vernacular architecture.\"—\u003ci\u003eWestern Folklore\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"...a compelling integration of the study of vernacular architecture and vernacular belief.\"—Michael Ann Williams, author of Homeplace: The Social Use and Meaning of the Folk Dwelling in Southwestern North Carolina\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe \u003ci\u003esukkah\u003c\/i\u003e, the symbolic ritual home built during the annual Jewish holiday of \u003ci\u003eSukkot\u003c\/i\u003e, commemorates the temporary structures that sheltered the Israelites as they journeyed across the desert after the exodus from Egypt. Despite the simple Biblical prescription for its design, the remarkable variety of creative expression in the construction, decoration, and use of the sukkah, in both times of peace and national upheaval, reveals the cultural traditions, political convictions, philosophical ideals, and individual aspirations that the sukkah communicates for its builders and users today. \u003cbr\u003e In this ethnography of contemporary Sukkot observance, Gabrielle Anna Berlinger examines the powerful role of ritual and vernacular architecture in the formation of self and society in three sharply contrasting Jewish communities: Bloomington, Indiana; South Tel Aviv, Israel; and Brooklyn, New York. Through vivid description and in-depth interviews, she demonstrates how constructing and decorating the sukkah and performing the weeklong holiday's rituals of hospitality provide unique circumstances for creative expression, social interaction, and political struggle. Through an exploration of the intersections between the rituals of Sukkot and contemporary issues, such as the global Occupy movement, Berlinger finds that the sukkah becomes a tangible expression of the need for housing and economic justice, as well as a symbol of the longing for home.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Note on Language Use\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. Translating Text: \u003ci\u003eSukkot\u003c\/i\u003e in Bloomington, Indiana\u003cbr\u003e 2. Shchunat Hatikva, Tel Aviv: A Geography of Difference\u003cbr\u003e 3. Within Shchunat Hatikva: Values and Spaces\u003cbr\u003e 4. \u003ci\u003eSukkot\u003c\/i\u003e in Shchunat Hatikva\u003cbr\u003e 5. \u003ci\u003eSukkot\u003c\/i\u003e in Jaffa and Jerusalem\u003cbr\u003e 6. The Right to House and Home\u003cbr\u003e 7. Transcending Architecture: \u003ci\u003eSukkot\u003c\/i\u003e in Brooklyn, New York\u003cbr\u003e 8. Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e Appendix: Materials Chart and Sukkot Floor Plans\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52525092798744,"sku":"9780253031822","price":24.37,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/framing-sukkot-tradition-and-transformation-in-jewish-vernacular-architecture-paperback-softback-9780253031822","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}