Alan F. Benjamin

Jews of the Dutch Caribbean (eBook, ePUB)

Exploring Ethnic Identity on Curacao

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Jews of the Dutch Caribbean addresses identity and ethnicity, through a detailed study of a little-known group in Curacao, Netherlands Antilles. It asks readers to take a broad perspective on the contexts that play a role in ethnicity including, for example, ecology, history, kinship, commerce and language use in everyday life and, crucially, rituals. It asks readers to take a broad perspective on the contexts that play a role in ethnicity and draws on ethnographic research to analyze ethnic identities and look at how it is shaped and negotiated.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 212
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. August 2003
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134496402
• Artikelnr.: 42641031

Autorenporträt

Alan F Benjamin is a Lecturer in the Jewish Studies Program of the Pennsylvania State University, where his interests include contemporary Jewish identity and social boundaries.

Inhaltsangabe

1 Introduction 2 Research, a contract, and representation PART I Setting 3
Introduction 4 Ecology and prehistory 5 Selected elements of the Curaçaoan
social setting 6 The Sephardi Jewish presence on Curaçao PART II Social
practice 7 Introduction 8 Alternatively Jewish, alternatively Curaçaoan 9
Ascribing identities 10 Conclusion