{"product_id":"framing-sukkot-9780253031815","title":"Framing Sukkot","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile providing fascinating and abundant ethnographic detail about sukkah builders, their families, and their daily lives, [Berlinger] raises important theoretical questions that merit additional attention.\u003c\/p\u003e * Reading Religion *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis 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.\u003c\/p\u003e * Journal of Folklore Research *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eBerlinger'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.\u003c\/p\u003e * Journal of American Folklore *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e * Western Folklore *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eNote on Language Use\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e1. Translating Text: \u003ci\u003eSukkot\u003c\/i\u003e in Bloomington, Indiana\u003cbr\u003e2. Shchunat Hatikva, Tel Aviv: A Geography of Difference\u003cbr\u003e3. Within Shchunat Hatikva: Values and Spaces\u003cbr\u003e4. \u003ci\u003eSukkot\u003c\/i\u003e in Shchunat Hatikva\u003cbr\u003e5. \u003ci\u003eSukkot\u003c\/i\u003e in Jaffa and Jerusalem\u003cbr\u003e6. The Right to House and Home\u003cbr\u003e7. Transcending Architecture: \u003ci\u003eSukkot\u003c\/i\u003e in Brooklyn, New York\u003cbr\u003e8. Conclusion\u003cbr\u003eAppendix: Materials Chart and Sukkot Floor Plans\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400575131991,"sku":"9780253031815","price":59.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780253031815.jpg?v=1730471017","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/framing-sukkot-9780253031815","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}