Creative Paradoxes

These comments on the retirement of Sam Heilman reflect on his contributions to the ethnographic study of Jewish experience, and participant observation. They focus on the paradoxes in his scholarship that derive from his being a participant and an observer.

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Published inSociety (New Brunswick) Vol. 57; no. 5; pp. 487 - 488
Main Author Prell, Riv-Ellen
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York Springer 01.10.2020
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects
Appreciation
Ethnography
Heilman, Samuel
Jewish people
Jews, American
Judaism
Participant observation
Retirement
Sociologists
United States
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Summary:These comments on the retirement of Sam Heilman reflect on his contributions to the ethnographic study of Jewish experience, and participant observation. They focus on the paradoxes in his scholarship that derive from his being a participant and an observer.
ISSN:0147-2011
1936-4725
DOI:10.1007/s12115-020-00532-0