Book

Growing up Hasidic: education and socialization in the Bobover Hasidic community

AMS Press • New York • Published In 1985 • Pages: x, 139

By: Kamen, Robert Mark.

Abstract

The bulk of the information in this study was obtained by the author from personal interviews and the analysis of data obtained from questionnaires administered to Hasidic informants during the period of Kamen's fieldwork (1972-1974) among the Bobover Hasidim of Boro (Borough) Park, Brooklyn, New York. The goal of the research project '…was to describe the organization of the educational system, the major beliefs and assumptions on which it is based, and the way in which it is experienced in the lives of young people passing through it' (p. 6). Although, as indicated above, a large part of this document deals with various aspects of Hasidic education, there is also much data here on religion, marriage, childhood ceremonies (e.g., the first hair cut), adolescence, the emergence of the peer group, and employment opportunities and objectives. In concluding, the author discusses the use of the questionnaire as a research tool (in appendix).

HRAF PubDate

1996

Region

North America

Sub Region

Regional, Ethnic and Diaspora Cultures

Document Type

Book

Evaluation

Creator Type

Ethnologist

Document Rating

5: Excellent Primary Data

Analyst

John Beierle ; 1995

Field Date

1972-1974

Coverage Date

variable

Coverage Place

Boro Park and Crown Heights, Brooklyn, N.Y., United States

Notes

Robert Mark Kamen

Includes bibliographical references (p. 133-134) and index

LCCN

83045358

LCSH

Jews