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Jews of the Dutch Caribbean: Exploring Ethnic Identity on Curacao

Alan F. Benjamin

Jews of the Dutch Caribbean addresses identity and ethnicity, through a detailed study of a little-known group in Curacao, Netherlands Antilles. It asks readers to take a broad perspective on the contexts that play a role in ethnicity including, for example, ecology, history, kinship, commerce and language use in everyday life and, crucially, rituals. It asks readers to take a broad perspective on the contexts that play a role in ethnicity and draws on ethnographic research to analyze ethnic identities and look at how it is shaped and negotiated.

Book Details

  • Publisher: Routledge
  • Publish Date: Jan 17th, 2002
  • Pages: 212
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 8.92in - 6.80in - 0.70in - 0.99lb
  • EAN: 9780415274395
  • Categories: Anthropology - Cultural & Social

About the Author

Alan F Benjamin is a Lecturer in the Jewish Studies Program of the Pennsylvania State University, where his interests include contemporary Jewish identity and social boundaries.

Praise for this book

"Benjamin's work is a welcome contribution to a small but growing body of research.....it is generally an excellent study of the community. Benjamin has successfully synthesized a comprehensive historical and ecological analysis of Curacao with an in-depth analysis of the Jewish community."
-Gemma Romain, "Ethnic and Racial Studies
"The crux of [Benjamin's] research, specifically the detailed analysis of the community and the sensitive and compelling autobiographical voice employed within the narrative makes the work both unique and valuable to ethnographers and historians alike."
-Gemma Romain, "Ethnic and Racial Studies