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Difference of a Different Kind : Jewish Constructions of Race During the Long Eighteenth Century /

The eighteenth century has long been considered a formative period in the history of European racial identity. Difference of a Different Kind offers a new exploration of the ways Jewish authors confronted notions of race that began to pervade European ideology and adapted them to construct their own...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Idelson-Shein, Iris
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2014.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Note on translations and transliteration
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1. An East Indian Encounter
  • Chapter 2. "And Let Him Speak"
  • Chapter 3. Whitewashing Jewish Darkness
  • Chapter 4. Fantasies of Acculturation
  • Epilogue. A Terrible Tale
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • Acknowledgments.