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Ethnicity and beyond : theories and dilemmas of Jewish group demarcation / edited by Eli Lederhendler.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Studies in contemporary Jewry ; 25.
- Studies in contemporary Jewry, an annual, 0740-8625 ; 25
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Jewish diaspora.
- Jews--Identity.
- Jews.
- Jews--Europe--Identity.
- Jews--United States--Identity.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (246 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Published for the Institute by Oxford University Press, 2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Volume XXV of the distinguished annual Studies in Contemporary Jewry explores new understandings and approaches to Jewish ""ethnicity."" In current parlance regarding multicultural diversity, Jews are often considered to belong socially to the ""majority,"" whereas ""otherness"" is reserved for ""minorities."" But these group labels and their meanings have changed over time. This volume analyzes how ""ethnic,"" ""ethnicity,"" and ""identity"" have been applied to Jews, past and present, individually and collectively. Most of the symposium papers on the ethnicity of Jewish people and the social
- Contents:
- Contents; Symposium: Ethnicity and Beyond: Theories and Dilemmas of Jewish Group Demarcation; Essay; Book Reviews (arranged by subject); History and the Social Sciences; Religion, Literary, and Cultural Studies; Zionism, Israel, and the Middle East; Contents for Volume XXVI; Note on Editorial Policy
- Notes:
- "The Avraham Harman Institute of Contemporary Jewry, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem."
- This volume features a symposium that focuses on the nature of Jewish ethnicity, particularly given changes in the last two decades of multiculturalism. In particular, the volume analyzes how "ethnic," "ethnicity," and "identity" have been applied to Jews, past and present, individually and collectively.
- Includes bibliographical references.
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- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-025466-1
- 1-283-00998-6
- 9786613009982
- 0-19-984235-3
- OCLC:
- 704541793
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