Jewish life in 21st-century Turkey : the other side of tolerance / Marcy Brink-Danan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brink-Danan, Marcy.

Series:

New anthropologies of Europe.

Indiana series in Sephardi and Mizrahi studies.

New anthropologies of Europe

Indiana series in Sephardi and Mizrahi studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jews--Turkey--Istanbul--History--21st century.

Jews.

Jews--Turkey--Istanbul--Identity.

Istanbul (Turkey)--Ethnic relations.

Istanbul (Turkey).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (241 p.)

Place of Publication:

Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Turkey is famed for a history of tolerance toward minorities, and there is a growing nostalgia for the ""Ottoman mosaic."" In this richly detailed study, Marcy Brink-Danan examines what it means for Jews to live as a tolerated minority in contemporary Istanbul. Often portrayed as the ""good minority,"" Jews in Turkey celebrate their long history in the region, yet they are subject to discrimination and their institutions are regularly threatened and periodically attacked. Brink-Danan explores the contradictions and gaps in the popular ideology of Turkey as a land of tolerance, describing ho

Contents:

Tolerance, difference, and citizenship

Cosmopolitan signs: names as foreign and local

The limits of cosmopolitanism

Performing difference: Turkish Jews on the national stage

Intimate negotiations: Turkish Jews between stages

The one who writes difference: inside secrecy.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613626356

9781280596520

128059652X

9780253005267

0253005264

OCLC:

769007341