Book

Satmar: an island in the city

Quadrangle Books • Chicago • Published In 1972 • Pages:

By: Rubin, Israel.

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

This is a study of the Satmar Hasidic Jews living in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn, New York. Rubin approaches this work with two major goals: first, to present an ethnographic sketch of Satmar culture ca. 1960-1971; and second, to interpret and analyze the processes of control and change among the Satmar. The work is divided into six major parts, dealing each in turn with the historical background of the Satmar, religion, family and education, economics, politics and welfare, and vital dynamic processes within the society (e.g., insulation from other groups, social control, and cultural changes and stresses within the group). A concluding section deals with the implications of Rubin's data to the study of minority populations in general.

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

History and culture change

Sociocultural trends

Purification and atonement

Priesthood

Congregations

Religious denominations

Elementary 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.

Sociologist

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

1960-1961

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)

Satmar; Williamsburg, Brooklyn, N.Y., United States

NotesAdditional notes

Israel Rubin

Includes bibliographical references and index

LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number

79182505

LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings

Jews