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Rethinking Jewish-Latin Americans
. Ed(S): Lesser, Jeffrey; Rein, Raanan
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Paperback. A collection of essays that places Jewish-Latin Americans within the context of Latin American and ethnic studies. It emphasizes human actors and accounts of lived experiences. Editor(s): Lesser, Jeffrey; Rein, Raanan. Series: Dialogos. Num Pages: 328 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KL; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
This edited volume places Jewish-Latin Americans within the context of Latin American and ethnic studies. It departs from traditional scholarship that segregates Jews as inhabitants in Latin America republics rather than as citizens of Latin American republics. The essays draw examples primarily from Argentina and Brazil, the two South American countries with the largest Jewish populations, and span from the late nineteenth century into the 1990s.By giving primacy to the national identity of Jewish-Latin Americans, the essays included here emphasize human actors and accounts of lived experiences. Lesser and Rein's thought-provoking introduction outlines seven new formulations of the relationship between ... Read more
This edited volume places Jewish-Latin Americans within the context of Latin American and ethnic studies. It departs from traditional scholarship that segregates Jews as inhabitants in Latin America republics rather than as citizens of Latin American republics. The essays draw examples primarily from Argentina and Brazil, the two South American countries with the largest Jewish populations, and span from the late nineteenth century into the 1990s.By giving primacy to the national identity of Jewish-Latin Americans, the essays included here emphasize human actors and accounts of lived experiences. Lesser and Rein's thought-provoking introduction outlines seven new formulations of the relationship between ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of New Mexico Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
Series
Dialogos
Number of Pages
328
Place of Publication
Albuquerque, NM, United States
ISBN
9780826344014
SKU
V9780826344014
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About . Ed(S): Lesser, Jeffrey; Rein, Raanan
Jeffrey Lesser is Winship Distinguished Research Professor of the Humanities and director of Tam Institute for Jewish Studies at Emory University. He is the award-winning author of numerous books, most recently A Discontented Diaspora: Japanese-Brazilians and the Meanings of Ethnic Militancy, 1960-1980. Raanan Rein is professor of Latin American and Spanish history and vice rector of Tel Aviv University. Rein's ... Read more
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