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Record Nr.

UNINA9910811382003321

Titolo

Memory and ethnicity : ethnic museums in Israel and the diaspora / / edited by Emanuela Trevisan Semi, Dario Miccoli and Tudor Parfitt

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Newcastle upon Tyne : , : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, , 2013

ISBN

1-4438-5466-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (278 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

Trevisan SemiEmanuela

MiccoliDario

ParfittTudor

Disciplina

708.95694

Soggetti

Ethnological museums and collections - Israel

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

TABLE OF CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; GLOSSARY; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; CHAPTER SEVEN; CHAPTER EIGHT; CHAPTER NINE; BIBLIOGRAPHY; CONTRIBUTORS; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

In recent times, ethnicity and issues of origin have become a hotly debated topic among Jews both in Israel and in the Diaspora. This is particularly true both of Jews from the Middle East and North Africa, who for years had remained at the margins of the Israeli national narrative, as well as the Israeli Palestinian minority. Much the same may be said of Diaspora Jews. Among the public spaces where ethnicity has become more visible are museums, together with heritage centres, art galleries,...