Number Our Days () directed by Barbara Myerhoff, Lynne Littman • Reviews, film + cast • www.doorway.ruor: Barbara Myerhoff, Lynne Littman. Number Our Days - Barbara G. Myerhoff - When noted anthropologist Barbara Myerhoff received a grant to explore the process of aging, she decided to study some elderly Jews from Venice, California, rather than to report on a more exotic people. The story of the rituals and lives of these remarkable old people is, as Bel Kaufman said. Number Our Days by Barbara Myerhoff Book Report. Number Our Days by Barbara Myerhoff. Book Report. ¶ crept into each of the individuals that she surveyed remarking that she herself would be an elderly Jew like them one day. On the other hand, I was discomfited by the way that the author glibly swallowed assumptions of her own religion without questioning them.
Number Our Days: A Triumph of Continuity and Culture Among Jewish Old People in an Urban Ghetto Paperback - May 9, by Barbara Myerhoff (Author), Victor Turner (Foreword) out of 5 stars 45 ratings. Number Our Days? An investigation of a specific community and its culture. A manual for old age - 'career aging'. Memorial for the people who are gone. An account of how Myerhoff's life was changed by her subjects - her personal spiritual journey. An examination of (secular) ritual. An exploration of Judaism. Number Our Days by Barbara Myerhoff is the 4 year ethnographic account of an anthropologist who makes a study among a group of senior Jews, mainly from Eastern Europe, who are experiencing the final stages of their lives in Venice, California at the Aliyah Senior Citizen Center. She provides evidence that the elderly can still control basic human insight and imagination till death.
Find Number Our Days by Myerhoff, Barbara at Biblio. Uncommonly good collectible and rare books from uncommonly good booksellers. Synopsis. Based on the book by anthropologist Barbara Myerhoff, this Academy Award-winning short documentary offers a tender portrait of a community of elderly yet resilient Jews living, loving, and at times struggling, in Venice, California. From everyday trials to traditional celebrations, this compassionate portrayal of Eastern European survivors cuts straight to the heart of every viewer and reminds us of the joys and realities of long life. Number Our Days by Barbara Myerhoff is the 4 year ethnographic account of an anthropologist who makes a study among a group of senior Jews, mainly from Eastern Europe, who are experiencing the final stages of their lives in Venice, California at the Aliyah Senior Citizen Center. She provides evidence that the elderly can still control basic human insight and imagination till death.
0コメント