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Ethnicity and beyond : theories and dilemmas of Jewish group demarcation /

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&qu...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: Makhon le-Yahadut zemanenu ʻa. sh. Avraham Harman
Otros Autores: Lederhendler, Eli
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, ©2011.
Colección:Studies in contemporary Jewry ; 25.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario: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.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xiii, 231 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780199842353
0199842353
ISSN:0740-8625 ;