University of Nebraska Press
Global Jewish Foodways: A History
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- Hasia R Diner
- University of Nebraska Press
- Paperback
- 9781496213938
- 9 X 6 X 0.79 inches
- 1.14 pounds
- Cooking > Regional & Ethnic - Jewish & Kosher
- English
Secure TransactionBook Description
The history of the Jewish people has been a history of migration. Although Jews invariably brought with them their traditional ideas about food during these migrations, just as invariably they engaged with the foods they encountered in their new environments. Their culinary habits changed as a result of both these migrations and the new political and social realities they encountered. The stories in this volume examine the sometimes bewildering kaleidoscope of food experiences generated by new social contacts, trade, political revolutions, wars, and migrations, both voluntary and compelled.
This panoramic history of Jewish food highlights its breadth and depth on a global scale from Renaissance Italy to the post-World War II era in Israel, Argentina, and the United States and critically examines the impact of food on Jewish lives and on the complex set of laws, practices, and procedures that constitutes the Jewish dietary system and regulates what can be eaten, when, how, and with whom. Global Jewish Foodways offers a fresh perspective on how historical changes through migration, settlement, and accommodation transformed Jewish food and customs.
Author Bio
My courses seek to place the history of the Jews in the United States into a variety of contexts, including the larger history of the United States and the history of the Jews in other lands at the same time.
They place the experience of Jews as an American immigrant and ethnic group into the broader history of immigration and ethnicity in the United States and they link the history of Judaism in America into the history of American religion and in particular, into the history of other minority religions. Gender and the history of women plays a prominent feature in these courses.
Research Interests
- American Jewish history,
- American immigration history and women's history
Education
- University of Illinois-Chicago, PhD 1976
- University of Chicago, MA 1970
Source: New York University Arts & Science
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