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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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Corporate Author: Makhon le-Yahadut zemanenu ʻa. sh. Avraham Harman
Other Authors: Lederhendler, Eli
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, ©2011.
Series:Studies in contemporary Jewry ; 25.
Subjects:
Jews > Identity.
Jews > United States > Identity.
Jews > Europe > Identity.
Jewish diaspora.
Juifs > Identité.
Juifs > États-Unis > Identité.
Juifs > Europe > Identité.
Diaspora juive.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
Jewish diaspora
Jews > Identity
Europe
United States
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xiii, 231 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780199842353
0199842353
0190254661
9780190254667
1283009986
9781283009980
9786613009982
6613009989
ISSN:0740-8625 ;