Unif Title Jelek a vizen. English Title Writing on water : the sounds of Jewish prayer / Judit Niran Frigyesi.

Descript 1 online resource (ix, 269 pages) : illustrations Note Originally published in Hungarian. Based on the author's fieldwork during the era of communism in Budapest and Prague. Summary ""Writing on Water" is a first-hand account of the thoughts, lives and rituals of the secretly practicing strictly religious Jews during the era of Communism in Eastern Europe (primarily in Budapest) with especial focus on their traditional ritual chant as part of a total acoustic experience ("soundscape"). The book is based on extensive fieldwork and analysis of orally transmitted material. The subject matter is unique both in the choice of the communities and its focus on sound. I attempt to explain how melodies and soundscapes become the sustaining/protective "environment", as well as the vehicle, for the expression of world-orientation - in a situation when open speech is inconceivable. The first part of the book is a journey toward the lives/sounds of these communities, the second contains documentary interviews, and the third describes the communities' disintegration after 1990. The book conveys scholarly results through poetry, prose-poems and art-photos"-- Provided by publisher Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - Worldwide Subject Jews -- Europe, Central -- Interviews. Orthodox Judaism -- Europe, Central -- History -- 20th century. Jews -- Europe, Central -- Music. Judaism -- Europe, Central -- Customs and practices. Music -- Performance -- Europe, Central -- 20th century. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Europe, Central. RELIGION -- Judaism -- General. PHILOSOPHY -- General. Music -- Performance. (OCoLC)fst01030398 Jews. (OCoLC)fst00983135 Judaism -- Customs and practices. (OCoLC)fst00984294 Orthodox Judaism. (OCoLC)fst01048493 Central Europe. (OCoLC)fst01244544 Hungary. (OCoLC)fst01205132 Jewish Holocaust (1939-1945) (OCoLC)fst00958866 1900-1999 Alt Title Sounds of Jewish prayer ISBN 9789633862582 (electronic bk.) 9633862582 (electronic bk.) 9789633862575 (pbk.)