[Bilimsel Haber] CfP: Jews at Home: The Domestication of Identity

[Onur Inal]

CALL FOR PAPERS: JEWS AT HOME: THE DOMESTICATION OF IDENTITY

Second volume in book series on Jewish Cultural Studies, 
edited by Simon J. Bronner, Distinguished University Professor, The
Pennsylvania State University, USA

Publisher: Littman Library of Jewish Civilization, Oxford, UK
(http://www.littman.co.uk)

Format and Guidelines: 8,000-12,000 word essays in English, prepared
electronically in Word (in-text citations with reference list).
Photographs in TIF format (min. 300 dpi).

Deadline: March 15, 2007

Contact: Professor Simon J. Bronner, School of Humanities, The
Pennsylvania State University, 777 West Harrisburg Pike, Middletown,
PA 17057-4898, USA, sbronner at psu.edu

Papers are sought that explore how Jews conceptualize and culturally
materialize spaces, and ideas of home. The editorial board is especially
looking for interpretations of private selves and collectives of Jews
constructing a Jewishness distinctive from that expressed in the
synagogue and street. The volume addresses issues of domestication that
is both imposed from the outside because of societal repression of
Jewishness, and that which is displayed and
invented to announce, differentiate, and renew Jewish identity. For
example, contributions can open critical inquiry into display and use of
Judaica in homes, secular performances of Jewishness in the home,
private constructions and performances of Jewishness in repressive
situations, symbolism of the Syrian Jewish housefront in mixed ethnic
Jewish areas, adjustment of urban dwellings for Hasidic families,
symbolism of holiday celebrations at home, emergence of the Jewish
practice of kosher in the home and non-kosher outside the home,
differences in ethnic home decoration, home dress, and socialization
pattern in different Jewish cultures.

The purpose of the series is to present thematic volumes interpreting
Jewish cultures ethnographically and historically around the globe, and
exploring the idea of Jewish culture as it has been constructed,
symbolized, produced, communicated, and consumed in diverse contexts.
Themes of volumes will be interdisciplinary, drawing particularly on
research in folklore studies, anthropology, cultural history, and
sociology. Volumes typically contain ten to twelve essays of 8-12,000
words anchored by an introduction addressing the theme, and a section
(usually 3 or 4 essays) called New Views of original research on Jewish
cultural studies not on the theme. See
http://www.littman.co.uk/jcs/index.html. Unlike most publications in
Jewish studies, the Jewish cultural studies series will be exploring
secular as well as religious spheres, and the intersections of the two,
with attention to the diversity of traditions and customs in the Jewish
world. For more information, and a list of editorial board members, see
http://afsnet.org/sections/jewish/.


Simon J. Bronner, Ph.D.
Coordinator, American Studies Program
Distinguished University Professor of American Studies and Folklore 
Director, Center for Pennsylvania Culture Studies 
The Pennsylvania State University, Harrisburg 
777 West Harrisburg Pike Middletown, PA 17057-4898 
717-948-6039 (o) 
717-948-6724 (fax) 
sbronner at psu.edu