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Unorthodox Kin: Portuguese Marranos and the Global Search for Belonging
Naomi Leite
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Description for Unorthodox Kin: Portuguese Marranos and the Global Search for Belonging
Paperback. An exploration of identity, relatedness, and belonging in the context of profound global interconnection. It paints a poignant and graceful portrait of Portugal's urban Marranos, who trace their ancestry to fifteenth-century Jews forcibly converted to Catholicism and now seek connection with the Jewish people at large. Num Pages: 344 pages, 5 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DSP; JFSR1; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. .
Unorthodox Kin is a groundbreaking exploration of identity, relatedness, and belonging in a global era. Naomi Leite paints an intimate portrait of Portugal's urban Marranos, who trace their ancestry to fifteenth-century Jews forcibly converted to Catholicism, as they seek to rejoin the Jewish people. Focusing on mutual imaginings and direct encounters between Marranos, Portuguese Jews, and foreign Jewish tourists and outreach workers, Leite tracks how visions of self and kin evolve over time and across social spaces, ending in a surprising path to belonging. A poignant evocation of how ideas of ancestry shape the present, how feelings of kinship arise ... Read more
Unorthodox Kin is a groundbreaking exploration of identity, relatedness, and belonging in a global era. Naomi Leite paints an intimate portrait of Portugal's urban Marranos, who trace their ancestry to fifteenth-century Jews forcibly converted to Catholicism, as they seek to rejoin the Jewish people. Focusing on mutual imaginings and direct encounters between Marranos, Portuguese Jews, and foreign Jewish tourists and outreach workers, Leite tracks how visions of self and kin evolve over time and across social spaces, ending in a surprising path to belonging. A poignant evocation of how ideas of ancestry shape the present, how feelings of kinship arise ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
344
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520285057
SKU
V9780520285057
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About Naomi Leite
Naomi Leite is Lecturer in Social Anthropology and Director of Studies in Anthropology of Travel and Tourism at SOAS, University of London.
Reviews for Unorthodox Kin: Portuguese Marranos and the Global Search for Belonging
Groundbreaking... Methodologically innovative and written in a compelling narrative style, Unorthodox Kin is a model study in the anthropology of kinship, tourism, and globalization that will appeal to a wide readership. Portuguese American Journal