Advances in genetics are renewing controversies over inherited characteristics, and the discourse around science and technological innovations has taken on racial overtones, such as attributing inherited physiological traits to certain ethnic groups or using DNA testing to determine biological links with ethnic ancestry. This book contributes to the discussion by opening up previously locked concepts of the relation between the terms color, race, and "Jews," and by engaging with globalism, multiculturalism, hybridity, and diaspora. The contributors--leading scholars in anthropology,...
Advances in genetics are renewing controversies over inherited characteristics, and the discourse around science and technological innovations has...
"An excellent text that will be a significant contribution to the study of Jews and race... The work approaches the topic from a variety of disciplines and geographic locations, and the breadth is in fact one of its greatest strengths." - Rebecca Alpert, Temple University
"This is a very fine book...It is a very eclectic collection of essays on a range of related texts and issues, yet the chapters cohere, producing a whole that is greater than the sum of its parts, which is how a collection of essays should be. The subject of the volume is important; and many of the essays are first-rate....
"An excellent text that will be a significant contribution to the study of Jews and race... The work approaches the topic from a variety of discipline...
