Format:
Online-Ressource (x, 197 p)
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24 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
0520235177
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0520233468
Series Statement:
S. Mark Taper Foundation Imprint in Jewish Studies
Content:
This study of contemporary crypto-Jews-descendants of European Jews forced to convert to Christianity during the Spanish Inquisition-traces the group's history of clandestinely conducting their faith and their present-day efforts to reclaim their past. Janet Liebman Jacobs masterfully combines historical and social scientific theory to fashion a brilliant analysis of hidden ancestry and the transformation of religious and ethnic identity
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 155-185) and index
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Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction. Crypto-Jewish Descent: An Ethnographic Study in Historical Perspective; 1. Secrecy, Antisemitism, and the Dangers of Jewishness; 2. Women and the Persistence of Culture: Ritual, Custom, and the Recovery of Sephardic Ancestry; 3. The Self-in-Relation and the Transformation of Religious Consciousness; 4. Syncretism and Faith Blending in Modern Crypto-Judaism; 5. Conversion and the Rekindling of the Jewish Soul; 6. Jewish Ancestry and the Social Construction of Ethnic Identity; Conclusion. Ethnic Loss and the Future of Crypto-Jewish Culture; Notes
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Selected BibliographyIndex; 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 9780520235175
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Hidden Heritage : The Legacy of the Crypto-Jews
Language:
English
