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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Klein, Misha.

Series:

New World diasporas series.

New world diasporas

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Jews.

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

São Paulo (Brazil)--Ethnic relations.

São Paulo (Brazil).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (273 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Gainesville : University Press of Florida, c2012.

Language Note:

English

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 is rooted in layered experiences of historical and contemporary dispersal and border crossings. Brazil is famously tolerant of difference but less understanding of longings for elsewhere. Celebrating both Carnival and the High Holidays is but one example of how Jews in São P

Contents:

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1. Departures; 2. Braided Lives; 3. Kosher Feijoada; 4. The High Cost of Jewish Living; 5. Inscribing Jews into the Nation; 6. Doubly Insecure; 7. Cosmopolitans at Home; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-8130-4378-6

0-8130-4354-9

OCLC:

794663754