essay
Performance of precepts/precepts of performance: Hasidic celebrations of Purim in Brooklyn
By means of performance : intercultural studies of theatre and ritual • Cambridge, Mass. • Published In 1990 • Pages: 109-117
By: Kirshenblatt-Gimblett, Barbara.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a brief description of the holiday of Purim as observed by the Hasidim of Brooklyn, New York. The author provides information on some of the major elements of the celebration, with a particular focus on the Purim SHPIL or religious play. In this document the play entitled 'The Golem of Prague' is described. This is a folk drama of the sixteenth century in which the Rabbi of Prague saved the Jews from a blood bath predicted as the result of their having been falsely accused of killing Christian children and using their blood to make Passover MATZAS.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Drama
- Ritual
- 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 TypesThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Social Scientist
- Indigenous Person
- 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
- no date
- 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)
- Williamsburg, Boro Park, Brooklyn, N.Y., United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett
- Includes bibliographical references.
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 88037458
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Jews