Jewries at the Frontier: Accommodation, Identity, Conflict - Brossura

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ISBN 10: 0252067924 ISBN 13: 9780252067921

Casa editrice: Univ of Illinois Pr, 1999

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"Traversing farflung Jewish communities in South Africa, Australia, Texas, Brazil, China, New Zealand, Quebec, and elsewhere, this wide-ranging collection explores the notion of "frontier" in the Jewish experience as a historical geographical reality and a conceptual framework. As a compelling alternative to viewing the periphery only as a locus of dispossession and exile from the "homeland," this work imagines a new Jewish history written as the history of the Jews at the frontier. In this new history, marked by the dynamics of change, confrontation, and accommodation, marginalized experiences are brought to the center and all participants are given voice. By articulating the tension between the center/periphery model and the frontier model, "Jewries at the Frontier" shows how the dynamic confrontation between and among cultures and peoples provides a new, multivocal account of Jewish history."

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• Editore: Univ of Illinois Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0252067924
• ISBN 13: 9780252067921
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 401
• Redattore: Gilman Sander L., Shain Milton