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Subject(s)

• Sukkah—Buildings, structures, etc [Browse]

Series

• Material vernaculars (Series) [More in this series]
• Material vernaculars

Summary note

"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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