Kosher feijoada and other paradoxes of Jewish life in São Paulo / Misha Klein.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Klein, Misha.

Series:

New World diasporas series

New world diasporas

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jews--Brazil--São Paulo--History--20th century.

Jews.

Jews--Brazil--São Paulo--History--21st century.

History.

São Paulo (Brazil)--Ethnic relations.

São Paulo (Brazil).

Brazil--São Paulo.

Physical Description:

xiii, 256 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2012]

Summary:

Being Jewish in brazil-the world's largest Catholic country-is fraught with paradoxes, and living in São Paulo only amplifies these vivid contradictions. The metropolis is home to Jews from over 60 countries of origin-and to the Hebraica, the world's largest Jewish athletic and social club.

Jewish identity, like any diasporic identity, is rooted in layered experiences of historical and contemporary dispersal and border crossings. When Jews arrived in Brazil from so many points on the globe, they brought with them significant cultural differences. Building on their common identity as Jews, these immigrants and their descendants have created community in their new country through mostly secular organizations. Drawing on national ideologies of inclusion, these communal organizations have facilitated the "Brazilification" of the Jewish community through the use of Portuguese and the incorporation of Brazilian practices, including holidays, into the Jewish repertoire.

Misha Klein's fascinating ethnography reveals the complex intertwining of Jewish and Brazilian life and identity. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Departures 1

2 Braided Lives 35

3 Kosher Feijoada 69

4 The High Cost of Jewish Living 99

5 Inscribing Jews into the Nation 132

6 Doubly Insecure 163

7 Cosmopolitans at Home 191.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [233]-245) and index.

ISBN:

9780813039879

0813039878

OCLC:

748330861