Format:
Online-Ressource (viii, 292 p)
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ill
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23 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
0520228642
Content:
Diaspora, considered as a context for insights into Jewish identity, brings together a lively, interdisciplinary group of scholars in this innovative volume. Readers needn't expect, however, to find easy agreement on what those insights are. The concept "diaspora" itself has proved controversial; galut, the traditional Hebrew expression for the Jews' perennial condition, is better translated as "exile." The very distinction between diaspora and exile, although difficult to analyze, is important enough to form the basis of several essays in this fine collection."Identity" is an even more elusiv
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Cover; CONTENTS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; INTRODUCTION; 1. Diaspora and Homeland; 2. Coming to Terms with Exile; 3. A Politics and Poetics of Diaspora: Heine's "Hebräische Melodien"; 4. Dancing at Two Weddings: Mazel between Exile and Diaspora; 5. Portraiture and Assimilation in Vienna: The Case of Hans Tietze and Erica Tietze-Conrat; 6. A Different Road to Modernity: Jewish Identity in the Arab World; 7. Remaking Jewish Identity in France; 8. "This Is Not What I Want": Holocaust Testimony, Postmemory, and Jewish Identity; 9. The Ideology of Affliction: Reconsidering the Adversity Thesis
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10. Jewish Identity Writ Small: The Everyday Experience of Baalot Teshuvah11. Contesting Identities in Jewish Philanthropy; LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS; INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780520228641
Additional Edition:
Print version Diasporas and Exiles : Varieties of Jewish Identity
Language:
English
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