Alan F Benjamin

Jews of the Dutch Caribbean

Exploring Ethnic Identity on Curacao

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Drawing on work among members of the two Jewish congregations in the Dutch Caribbean, the author suggests that people construct cognitive, metaphoric maps of the different ethnic groups perceived to exist in the region they live.

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This book examines the contexts of identity and ethnicity, through a detailed study of a little-known group in Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles, with an intriguing history.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 212
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Januar 2002
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 227mm x 173mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 449g
• ISBN-13: 9780415274395
• ISBN-10: 0415274397
• Artikelnr.: 22283259

Autorenporträt

Alan F Benjamin is a Lecturer in the Jewish Studies Program of the Pennsylvania State University, where his interests include contemporary Jewish identity and social boundaries.

Inhaltsangabe

1 Introduction 2 Research, a contract, and representation PART I Setting 3
Introduction 4 Ecology and prehistory 5 Selected elements of the Curaçaoan
social setting 6 The Sephardi Jewish presence on Curaçao PART II Social
practice 7 Introduction 8 Alternatively Jewish, alternatively Curaçaoan 9
Ascribing identities 10 Conclusion