Jews of the Dutch Caribbean Exploring Ethnic Identity on Curacao
Auteur : Benjamin Alan F.
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.
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.
Date de parution : 08-2014
15.6x23.4 cm
Date de parution : 01-2002
Ouvrage de 192 p.
15.6x23.4 cm
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Mots-clés :
Temple Emanu El; sephardi; Sephardi Jews; netherlands; Ethnic Identity; antilles; Synagogue Building; ethnic; Yom Kippur Service; identities; Religio Political Organization; ashkenazi; Ashkenazi Jews; temple; Religious Services; emanu-el; Kol Nidre; yom; Fort Amsterdam; kippur; Economist Intelligence Unit 1994a; Emanu El; Conferring; Sint Eustatius; Aruba; PDVSA; Sephardi Community; Held; Pura Sangre; Young Men; Prototypical Traits; Netherlands Antilles; Sephardi Population; Sephardi Settlement; IRB