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Record Nr.

UNINA9910820861503321

Autore

Boyarin Jonathan

Titolo

Powers of diaspora [[electronic resource] ] : two essays on the relevance of Jewish culture / / Jonathan Boyarin and Daniel Boyarin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, c2002

ISBN

0-8166-9167-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (200 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

BoyarinDaniel

Disciplina

305.892/4

Soggetti

Jewish diaspora - Political aspects

Masculinity - Religious aspects - Judaism

Satmar Hasidim - Legal status, laws, etc - New York (State) - Kiryas Joel

Kiryas Joel (N.Y.) Ethnic relations Political aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"A different version of 'Circumscribing constitutional identities in Kiryas Joel' appeared as a Note in Yale Law Journal 106, no. 5 (March 1997)"--T.p. verso.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 129-172) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Tricksters, martyrs, and collaborators: diaspora and the gendered politics of resistance -- Circumscribing constitutional identities in Kiryas Joel."

Sommario/riassunto

Focusing on Jewish experience, Powers of Diaspora forcefully argues that diasporic communities exercise a distinct form of cultural power in order to maintain themselves.