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Framing Sukkot : tradition and transformation in Jewish vernacular architecture / Gabrielle Anna Berlinger.
Author
Berlinger, Gabrielle A.
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Book
Language
English
Published/Created
Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, [2017]
©2017
Description
xiv, 250 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
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Sukkah
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Buildings, structures, etc
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"The sukkah, the symbolic ritual home built during the annual Jewish holiday of Sukkot, 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. 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 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"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-247) and index.
Contents
Translating text: Sukkot in Bloomington, Indiana
Shchunat Hatikva, Tel Aviv: a geography of difference
Within Shchunat Hatikva: values and spaces
Sukkot in Shchunat Hatikva
Sukkot in Jaffa and Jerusalem
The right to house and home
Transcending architecture: Sukkot in Brooklyn, New York
Materials chart and Sukkot floor plans.
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ISBN
9780253031815 ((cloth ; : alk. paper))
0253031818 ((cloth ; : alk. paper))
9780253031822 ((pbk. ; : alk. paper))
0253031826 ((pbk. ; : alk. paper))
LCCN
2017036944
OCLC
981163478
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