New Perspectives on Jewish Studies – serie
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13 produkter
Jews, Slaves, and the Slave Trade
Setting the Record Straight
Av Eli Faber
Inbunden, 1998
997 kr
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Lays to rest the controversial myth of Jewish involvement in the slave tradeIn the wake of the civil rights movement, a great divide opened up between African American and Jewish communities. What was historically a harmonious and supportive relationship suffered from a powerful and oft-repeated …
Jews, Slaves, and the Slave Trade
Setting the Record Straight
Av Eli Faber
Häftad, 2000
396 kr
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Lays to rest the controversial myth of Jewish involvement in the slave tradeIn the wake of the civil rights movement, a great divide opened up between African American and Jewish communities. What was historically a harmonious and supportive relationship suffered from a powerful and oft-repeated …
Producing the Modern Hebrew Canon
Nation Building and Minority Discourse
Av Hannan Hever
Inbunden, 2001
1405 kr
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A people's writings can play a dramatic role in nation building, as the development of modern Hebrew literature powerfully illustrates. Since the end of the nineteenth century, Hebrew writers in Europe and Palestine/Israel have produced texts and consolidated moments in the shaping of national …
Interpreting Judaism in a Postmodern Age
Inbunden, 1995
1222 kr
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Postmodernity marks a time of creative conflict when the voices of the other, previously rendered silent by the majority, are prominently heard. What effect has postmodernism had on Judaism? The neat narratives and metanarratives of the Jewish past are being questioned and deconstructed, allowing …
Interpreting Judaism in a Postmodern Age
Häftad, 1995
427 kr
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Postmodernity marks a time of creative conflict when the voices of the other, previously rendered silent by the majority, are prominently heard. What effect has postmodernism had on Judaism? The neat narratives and metanarratives of the Jewish past are being questioned and deconstructed, allowing …
Jews of the Ottoman Empire and the Turkish Republic
Av Stanford J. Shaw, Azzam Tamimi
Inbunden, 1991
1481 kr
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Shaw's excellent treatise is a must for anyone researching roots in Turkey or the Ottoman Empire . . . well organized. . . . [and] impressively researched. DorotShaw points out many interesting facts of the symbiosis between Jews and Muslims as he traces the relationship of more than 600 years. …
New Perspectives on Israeli History
The Early Years of the State
Av Laurence J. Silberstein, Laurence J. Silberstein m. fl.
Häftad, 1991
439 kr
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In this volume a distinguished group of international scholars draws from history, folklore, political anthropology, historiography, and cultural criticism to reexamine critical issues surrounding the birth of Israel. The authors explore such issues as the transition form yishuv to state, early …
Other in Jewish Thought and History
Constructions of Jewish Culture and Identity
Av Laurence J. Silberstein, Robert L. Cohn
Inbunden, 1994
1222 kr
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Cultural boundaries and group identity are often forged in relation to the Other. In every society, conceptions of otherness, which often reflect a group's fears and vulnerabilities, result in deep-rooted traditions of inclusion and exclusion that permeate the culture's literature, religion, and …
Other in Jewish Thought and History
Constructions of Jewish Culture and Identity
Av Laurence J. Silberstein, Robert L. Cohn
Häftad, 1994
427 kr
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Cultural boundaries and group identity are often forged in relation to the Other. In every society, conceptions of otherness, which often reflect a group's fears and vulnerabilities, result in deep-rooted traditions of inclusion and exclusion that permeate the culture's literature, religion, and …
Mapping Jewish Identities
Inbunden, 2000
1010 kr
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Is Jewish identity flourishing or in decline? Community leaders and scholarly researchers continually seek to determine the attitudes, beliefs, and activities that best measure Jewish identity. At issue, according to these studies, is the very survival of the Jewish community itself. But such …
Mapping Jewish Identities
Häftad, 2000
427 kr
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Is Jewish identity flourishing or in decline? Community leaders and scholarly researchers continually seek to determine the attitudes, beliefs, and activities that best measure Jewish identity. At issue, according to these studies, is the very survival of the Jewish community itself. But such …
Impossible Images
Contemporary Art After the Holocaust
Av Shelley Hornstein, Laurence J. Silberstein m. fl.
Inbunden, 2003
1258 kr
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Impossible Images brings together a distinguished group of contributors, including artists, photographers, cultural critics, and historians, to analyze the ways in which the Holocaust has been represented in and through paintings, architecture, photographs, museums, and monuments.Exploring …
Impossible Images
Contemporary Art After the Holocaust
Av Shelley Hornstein, Laurence J. Silberstein m. fl.
Häftad, 2003
439 kr
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Impossible Images brings together a distinguished group of contributors, including artists, photographers, cultural critics, and historians, to analyze the ways in which the Holocaust has been represented in and through paintings, architecture, photographs, museums, and monuments.Exploring …
