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This investigation of Jewish spatial practices explores two groups of house symbols: ritual objects that are based on the iconology of the house, and metaphors that use the term in an ascriptive manner. The connections between architecture and gender, cultural, and Jewish studies, reveal insights into how space affects the production, maintenance and transformation of identity, as well as social interactions, gender constructions and concepts of belonging.
List of contents
Contents: Preface; Introduction; Situating the house; The ritual houses; The house as a metaphor; Spaces and places in the sukkah; Glossary; Bibliography; Index.
About the author
Mimi Levy Lipis is an architect, curator, artist and researcher in cultural studies. She works on the material and symbolic aspects of space and the interdependence of the two. In her work she combines creative practice with theoretical analysis, reaching beyond disciplinary boundaries. She teaches gender studies, architecture, and Jewish studies at various universities worldwide and is the author of several books about Jewish spatial practices.
Summary
Investigating Jewish spatial practices by exploring the symbol of the house in Judaism, this book examines two groups of houses: ritual objects based on the iconology of the house (ritual houses) and house metaphors (the text, community and the covenant with god as house).
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'Mimi Levy Lipis takes her readers on a lively journey through the multitude of symbolic houses in Judaism. Her pioneering work links diverse disciplines, exploring both real and metaphorical houses. Through the splendid visual material of the sukkah, taken from her photographic field research, symbolic houses and ritual places become lived spaces.' Alexandra Nocke, Researcher in Cultural Studies, Exhibition Curator and Author
