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Powers of diaspora : two essays on the relevance of Jewish culture / Jonathan Boyarin and Daniel Boyarin.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Boyarin, Jonathan.
Contributor:
Boyarin, Daniel.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Jewish diaspora--Political aspects.
Jewish diaspora.
Jewish diaspora--Political aspects--Case studies.
Masculinity--Religious aspects--Judaism.
Masculinity.
Satmar Hasidim--Legal status, laws, etc--New York (State)--Kiryas Joel.
Satmar Hasidim.
Kiryas Joel (N.Y.)--Ethnic relations--Political aspects.
Kiryas Joel (N.Y.).
Talmud--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Talmud.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (200 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
Place of Publication:
Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2002.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
Focusing on Jewish experience, Powers of Diaspora forcefully argues that diasporic communities exercise a distinct form of cultural power in order to maintain themselves.
Contents:
Tricksters, martyrs, and collaborators: diaspora and the gendered politics of resistance
Circumscribing constitutional identities in Kiryas Joel."
Notes:
"A different version of 'Circumscribing constitutional identities in Kiryas Joel' appeared as a Note in Yale Law Journal 106, no. 5 (March 1997)"--T.p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 129-172) and index.
ISBN:
0-8166-9167-3
OCLC:
476095178

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