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Autore |
Jacobs Janet Liebman |
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Titolo |
Hidden heritage [[electronic resource] ] : the legacy of the Crypto-Jews / / Janet Liebman Jacobs |
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Berkeley ; ; Los Angeles, : University of California Press, c2002 |
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ISBN |
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9786612762741 |
1-59734-653-5 |
0-520-93661-2 |
1-282-76274-5 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (210 p.) |
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Collana |
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S. Mark Taper Foundation Imprint in Jewish Studies |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Crypto-Jews - United States - History |
Jews - United States - History |
Crypto-Jews - Religious life |
Crypto-Jews - Social life and customs |
Jews - Identity |
United States Ethnic relations |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 155-185) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Secrecy, antisemitism, and the dangers of Jewishness -- Women and the persistence of culture : ritual, custom, and the recovery of Sephardic ancestry -- The self-in-relation and the transformation of religious consciousness -- Syncretism and faith blending in modern Crypto-Judaism -- Conversion and the rekindling of the Jewish soul -- Jewish ancestry and the social construction of ethnic identity -- Conclusion. Ethnic loss and the future of Crypto-Jewish culture |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This study of contemporary crypto-Jews-descendants of European Jews forced to convert to Christianity during the Spanish Inquisition-traces the group's history of clandestinely conducting their faith and their present-day efforts to reclaim their past. Janet Liebman Jacobs masterfully combines historical and social scientific theory to fashion a brilliant analysis of hidden ancestry and the transformation of religious and ethnic identity. |
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