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Drama on a table: the Bobover Hasidim PIREMSHPIYL

Judaism viewed from within and without : anthropological studies, edited and with introductions by Harvey E. Goldberg • Albany, N.y. • Published In 1987 • Pages: 195-217

By: Epstein, Shifra.

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

In this work Epstein examines the Purim celebration as a cultural performance in a contemporary Jewish community -- that of the Bobover Hasidim in Boro Park, Brooklyn, N.Y. Of particular significance in this study is the focus on the Purim plays called PIREMSHPIYL. The performance of the PIREMSHPIYL plays are examined in detail in order to show the inversion of cultural behavior that is sometimes inherent in certain aspects of the Purim celebration and its relevance to the Bobover situation (p. 196). Epstein's discussion of the plays involve many facets of production including stage settings, actors, the audience, musical accompaniment and relationship to the literature of martydom from which many of the themes of the plays are borrowed.

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

Music

Drama

Organized ceremonial

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

essay

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

1976-1979

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)

Bobover; Boro Park, Brooklyn, N.Y., United States

NotesAdditional notes

Shifra Epstein

Includes bibliographical references (p. 216-217)

LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number

86005877

LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings

Jews