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.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document

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).

SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF

Acculturation and culture contact

Sociocultural trends

Ethnic stratification

Priesthood

Elementary education

Liberal arts education

cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)

North American Hasidic Jews

HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document

1996

RegionThe area the document pertains to

North America

Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region

Regional, Ethnic and Diaspora Cultures

Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs

Book

Evaluation

Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.

Ethnologist

Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.

5: Excellent Primary Data

AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection

John Beierle ; 1995

Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document

1972-1974

Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to

variable

Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)

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

NotesAdditional notes

Robert Mark Kamen

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

LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number

83045358

LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings

Jews