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Genetic afterlives : Black Jewish indigeneity in South Africa / Noah Tamarkin.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Tamarkin, Noah, 1977- author.
- Series:
- e-Duke books scholarly collection
- Theory in forms
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Lemba (South African people).
- Genetics--Religious aspects--Judaism.
- Genetics.
- Jews--Identity.
- Jews.
- Race--Religious aspects--Judaism.
- Race.
- Identification (Religion)--Political aspects--South Africa.
- Identification (Religion).
- Ethnology--South Africa.
- Ethnology.
- Judaism.
- South Africa.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xvi, 260 pages) : illustrations, maps.
- Place of Publication:
- Durham : Duke University Press, 2020.
- System Details:
- Mode of Access: World Wide Web.
- data file
- Summary:
- "Noah Tamarkin illustrates how Lemba people in South Africa give their own meanings to the results of DNA tests that substantiated their ancestral connections to Jews and employ them to manage competing claims of Jewish ethnic and religious identity, African indigeneity, and South African citizenship."-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Introduction: Diaspora, indigeneity, and citizenship after DNA
- Producing Lemba archives, becoming genetic Jews
- Genetic diaspora
- Postapartheid citizenship and the limits of genetic evidence
- Ancestry, ancestors, and contested kinship after DNA
- Locating Lemba heritage, imagining indigenous futures.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Tamarkin, Noah, 1977- Genetic afterlives.
- ISBN:
- 9781478012306
- 1478012307
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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