UID:
almahu_9949383516202882
Format:
1 online resource (xiii, 187 pages) :
,
illustrations, portraits.
Edition:
First edition.
ISBN:
9780367197872
,
0367197871
,
9780429533877
,
042953387X
,
9780429548574
,
0429548575
,
9780429520402
,
0429520409
Series Statement:
Routledge South Asian religion series ; 12
Content:
"This book explores the extraordinary differentiation of the Baghdadi Jewish community over time during their sojourn in India from the end of the eighteenth century until their dispersion to Indian diasporas in Israel and English-speaking countries throughout the world after India gained independence in 1947. Chapters on schools, institutions, and culture present how Baghdadis in India managed to maintain their communities by negotiating multiple identities in a stratified and complex society. Several disciplinary perspectives are utilised to explore the super-diversity of the Baghdadis and the ways in which they successfully adapted to new situations during the Raj, while retaining particular traditions and modifying and incorporating others. Providing a comprehensive overview of this community, the contributions to the book show that the legacy of the Baghdadi Jews lives on for Indians today through landmarks and monuments in Mumbai, Pune and Kolkata, and for Jews, through memories woven by members of the community residing in diverse diasporas. Offering refreshing historical perspectives on the colonial period in India, this book will be of interest to those studying South Asian Studies, Diaspora and Ethnic Studies, Sociology, History, Jewish Studies and Asian Religion"--
Note:
Super-diversity among the Baghdadi Jews of India / Shalva Weil -- Negotiating identity in a changing world: from British colonialism to Indian independence / Joan G. Roland -- The Baghdadi synagogues of India: their design roots, aesthetic and history / Jay A. Waronker -- Music traditions in the Baghdadi Jewish communities of Bombay and Poona: continuity, new horizons / Sara Manasseh -- Jewish schools, their entrepreneurs and their educational landscape in Bombay / Shaul Sapir -- Jewish sports and sectarianism in pre-independence Bombay / Nathan Marcus -- Muslim students in the Jewish girls' school, Kolkata: a changed legacy / Jael Silliman -- Sport, gender and socialisation: the experience of Jewish and Parsee women in colonial and post-colonial Bengal / Suparna Ghosh Bhattacharya -- Jewish press in India in Baghdadi Judeo-Arabic as an indispensable source for the history of Iraqi Jews in the nineteenth century / Zvi Yehuda -- Archival cartographies: multi-layering Calcutta's Baghdadi Jewish histories / Jael Silliman
Additional Edition:
Print version: The Baghdadi Jews in India London ; New York, NY : Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group, 2019. ISBN 9780367203252
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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History.
DOI:
10.4324/9780367197872
URL:
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9780367197872
