Bibliograph

Jewish family, identity and self-formation at home, Alex Pomson and Randal F. Schnoor

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Jewish family, identity and self-formation at home, Alex Pomson and Randal F. Schnoor

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Jewish family

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Alex Pomson and Randal F. Schnoor

Series statement

The modern Jewish experience

Sub title

identity and self-formation at home

Summary

In Jewish Family: Identity and Self-Formation at Home Alex Pomson and Randal F. Schnoor advance a new appreciation for the deep significance of Jewish family in developing Jewish identity. This book is the result of ten years of research focused on a small sample of diverse families. Through their work, the authors paint an intricate picture of the ecosystem that the family unit provides for identity formation over the life course. They draw upon theories of family development as well as sociological theories of the transmission of social and cultural capital in their analysis of the research. They find that family networks, which are often intergenerational, are just as significant as cultural capital, such as knowledge and competence in Judaism, to the formation of Jewish identity. Pomson and Schnoor provide readers with a unique view into the complexity of being Jewish in North America today

Target audience

adult

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