Jews of the Dutch Caribbean: Exploring Ethnic Identity on Curacao

ISBN-13: 9781138008557 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 212 str.

Alan F. Benjamin

Opis

Jews of the Dutch Caribbean addresses identity and ethnicity, through a detailed study of a little-known group in Curacao, Netherlands Antilles. It asks readers to take a broad perspective on the contexts that play a role in ethnicity including, for example, ecology, history, kinship, commerce and language use in everyday life and, crucially, rituals. It asks readers to take a broad perspective on the contexts that play a role in ethnicity and draws on ethnographic research to analyze ethnic identities and look at how it is shaped and negotiated.

Spis treści

1 Introduction 2 Research, a contract, and representation PART I Setting 3 Introduction 4 Ecology and prehistory 5 Selected elements of the Curaçaoan social setting 6 The Sephardi Jewish presence on Curaçao PART II Social practice 7 Introduction 8 Alternatively Jewish, alternatively Curaçaoan 9 Ascribing identities 10 Conclusion

O autorze

Alan F Benjamin is a Lecturer in the Jewish Studies Program of the Pennsylvania State University, where his interests include contemporary Jewish identity and social boundaries.