Orthodox by Design
Stolow, Jeremy.
Orthodox by Design Judaism, Print Politics, and the ArtScroll Revolution. [electronic resource] : - Berkeley : University of California Press, 2010. - 1 online resource (285 p.)
Orthodox by Design; CONTENTS; LIST OF FIGURES; LIST OF TABLES; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION; ONE -- AUTHORITATIVE AND ACCESSIBLE; TWO -- ARTSCROLL'S PUBLIC LIFE; THREE -- PRAYER BOOKS, COOKBOOKS, SELF -- HELP BOOKS: DESIGNS FOR KOSHER LIVING; FOUR -- MATERIALIZING AUTHENTICITY; FIVE -- GRAVITY AND GRAVITAS: A CONCLUDING REFLECTION ON PRINT SCRIPTURALISM IN THE DIGITAL AGE; NOTES; SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX.
"This is the first thorough study of the ArtScroll publishing 'phenomenon, ' which is a major force in contemporary English-speaking Jewish life. It is deeply and richly informed by interdisciplinary work on semiotics, textuality and mediation. It will be quite useful to those working in areas such as religion and media, contemporary Jewish studies, history of print, sociology of religion, and American religion. And it should fascinate those who are regular if not always uncritical users of ArtScroll publications."Jonathan Boyarin, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill"With s.
9780520945548 (electronic bk.) 0520945549 (electronic bk.)
ArtScroll/Mesorah Publications--History.
Social Science.
Jewish publishing--History.--United States
Jewish publishers--History.--United States
Publishers and publishing--History.--United States
Ultra-Orthodox Jews--Intellectual life.--United States
Orthodox Judaism--United States.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination & Race Relations
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Minority Studies
Electronic books.
Z473.A695S76 2010
305.696
Orthodox by Design Judaism, Print Politics, and the ArtScroll Revolution. [electronic resource] : - Berkeley : University of California Press, 2010. - 1 online resource (285 p.)
Orthodox by Design; CONTENTS; LIST OF FIGURES; LIST OF TABLES; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION; ONE -- AUTHORITATIVE AND ACCESSIBLE; TWO -- ARTSCROLL'S PUBLIC LIFE; THREE -- PRAYER BOOKS, COOKBOOKS, SELF -- HELP BOOKS: DESIGNS FOR KOSHER LIVING; FOUR -- MATERIALIZING AUTHENTICITY; FIVE -- GRAVITY AND GRAVITAS: A CONCLUDING REFLECTION ON PRINT SCRIPTURALISM IN THE DIGITAL AGE; NOTES; SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX.
"This is the first thorough study of the ArtScroll publishing 'phenomenon, ' which is a major force in contemporary English-speaking Jewish life. It is deeply and richly informed by interdisciplinary work on semiotics, textuality and mediation. It will be quite useful to those working in areas such as religion and media, contemporary Jewish studies, history of print, sociology of religion, and American religion. And it should fascinate those who are regular if not always uncritical users of ArtScroll publications."Jonathan Boyarin, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill"With s.
9780520945548 (electronic bk.) 0520945549 (electronic bk.)
ArtScroll/Mesorah Publications--History.
Social Science.
Jewish publishing--History.--United States
Jewish publishers--History.--United States
Publishers and publishing--History.--United States
Ultra-Orthodox Jews--Intellectual life.--United States
Orthodox Judaism--United States.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination & Race Relations
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Minority Studies
Electronic books.
Z473.A695S76 2010
305.696
