Identities in an Era of Globalization and Multiculturalism : Latin America in the Jewish World.

By: Liwerant, Judit BokserContributor(s): Ben-Rafael, Eliezer | Gorny, Yosef | Bokser Liwerant, Judit | Rein, RaananMaterial type: TextTextSeries: Jewish Identities in a Changing World SerPublisher: Leiden : BRILL, 2008Copyright date: ©2008Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (460 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9789047428053Subject(s): Jews -- Latin America -- History -- 21st century | Jews -- Latin America -- Intellectual life -- 20th century | Jews -- Latin America -- Intellectual life -- 21st century | Latin America -- Ethnic relationsGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Identities in an Era of Globalization and Multiculturalism : Latin America in the Jewish WorldDDC classification: 305.892/40809045 LOC classification: F1419.J4 -- I34 2008ebOnline resources: Click to View
Contents:
Intro -- List of Contributors -- Introduction -- SECTION I KLAL YISRAEL IN THE CONTEMPORARY ERA -- Between Center and Centrality: The Zionist Perception of Klal Yisrael (Yosef Gorny) -- Contemporary Threats to Klal Yisrael (Eliezer Ben-Rafael) -- Jewish Autonomy and Dependency: Latin America in Global Perspective (Sergio DellaPergola) -- Latin American Jewish Identities: Past and Present Challenges. The Mexican Case in a Comparative Perspective (Judit Bokser Liwerant) -- SECTION II THE JEWS IN LATIN AMERICA -- Waning Essentialism: Latin American Jewish Studies in Israel (Raanan Rein) -- Klal Yisrael at the Frontiers: The Transnational Jewish Experience in Argentina (Leonardo Senkman) -- Brazilian Non-Anti-Semite Sociability and Jewish Identity (Bernardo Sorj) -- Jews, Blacks, and the Ambiguities of Multiculturalism in Brazil (Mónica Grin) -- Jewish Communal Life in Argentina and Brazil at the End of The 20th Century and the Beginning of the 21st: A Sociological Perspective (Yossi Goldstein) -- Revolution, Ethnicity, and Religions in Cuba: Similarities, Differences, and Dichotomies in the Case of the Jews (Maritza Corrales Capestany) -- SECTION III LATIN AMERICAN JEWISH CULTURE -- Crypto-Judaism in Mexico: Past and Present (Alicia Gojman de Backal) -- The Literary Construction of Jewish Identity in Chile: A Cartography of Recent Memories (Gilda Waldman) -- In the Name of the Father: Identity and Family Memory in Andrés Rivera and Mauricio Rosencof (Florinda F. Goldberg) -- A Mosaic of Fragmented Identities: The Sephardim in Latin America (Margalit Bejarano) -- The Sephardic Diaspora Revisited: Dr. Ángel Pulido Fernández (1852-1932) and His Campaign (Alisa Meyuhas Ginio) -- Latin American Israelis: The Collective Identity of an Invisible Community (Luis Roniger and Deby Babis) -- SECTION IV JEWS, SOCIETY, AND STATEHOOD: COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVES.
The Cultural Pluralism Perspective of North American Jewry During the Holocaust (Ofer Shiff) -- North American Jews in the New Millennium (Jonathan D. Sarna) -- Jewish Identity and Anti-Semitism (Michel Wieviorka) -- Jews, Nationality, and Judaism: The Case of Ha-rishon le-Zion, Rabbi Meir Ben Zion Hai Uziel (Shalom Ratzabi) -- Different Concepts of a Jewish Democratic State (Benyamin Neuberger) -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Main Index -- Names Index.
Summary: This volume offers a multidimensional and interdisciplinary exploration of contemporary Jewish identities amidst globalization processes, with special emphasis on Latin American socio-political, communal, and cultural milieu. Stretching from political science to sociology, from art to cultural studies, it provides systematic tools for understanding different aspects of the Jewish experience.
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Intro -- List of Contributors -- Introduction -- SECTION I KLAL YISRAEL IN THE CONTEMPORARY ERA -- Between Center and Centrality: The Zionist Perception of Klal Yisrael (Yosef Gorny) -- Contemporary Threats to Klal Yisrael (Eliezer Ben-Rafael) -- Jewish Autonomy and Dependency: Latin America in Global Perspective (Sergio DellaPergola) -- Latin American Jewish Identities: Past and Present Challenges. The Mexican Case in a Comparative Perspective (Judit Bokser Liwerant) -- SECTION II THE JEWS IN LATIN AMERICA -- Waning Essentialism: Latin American Jewish Studies in Israel (Raanan Rein) -- Klal Yisrael at the Frontiers: The Transnational Jewish Experience in Argentina (Leonardo Senkman) -- Brazilian Non-Anti-Semite Sociability and Jewish Identity (Bernardo Sorj) -- Jews, Blacks, and the Ambiguities of Multiculturalism in Brazil (Mónica Grin) -- Jewish Communal Life in Argentina and Brazil at the End of The 20th Century and the Beginning of the 21st: A Sociological Perspective (Yossi Goldstein) -- Revolution, Ethnicity, and Religions in Cuba: Similarities, Differences, and Dichotomies in the Case of the Jews (Maritza Corrales Capestany) -- SECTION III LATIN AMERICAN JEWISH CULTURE -- Crypto-Judaism in Mexico: Past and Present (Alicia Gojman de Backal) -- The Literary Construction of Jewish Identity in Chile: A Cartography of Recent Memories (Gilda Waldman) -- In the Name of the Father: Identity and Family Memory in Andrés Rivera and Mauricio Rosencof (Florinda F. Goldberg) -- A Mosaic of Fragmented Identities: The Sephardim in Latin America (Margalit Bejarano) -- The Sephardic Diaspora Revisited: Dr. Ángel Pulido Fernández (1852-1932) and His Campaign (Alisa Meyuhas Ginio) -- Latin American Israelis: The Collective Identity of an Invisible Community (Luis Roniger and Deby Babis) -- SECTION IV JEWS, SOCIETY, AND STATEHOOD: COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVES.

The Cultural Pluralism Perspective of North American Jewry During the Holocaust (Ofer Shiff) -- North American Jews in the New Millennium (Jonathan D. Sarna) -- Jewish Identity and Anti-Semitism (Michel Wieviorka) -- Jews, Nationality, and Judaism: The Case of Ha-rishon le-Zion, Rabbi Meir Ben Zion Hai Uziel (Shalom Ratzabi) -- Different Concepts of a Jewish Democratic State (Benyamin Neuberger) -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Main Index -- Names Index.

This volume offers a multidimensional and interdisciplinary exploration of contemporary Jewish identities amidst globalization processes, with special emphasis on Latin American socio-political, communal, and cultural milieu. Stretching from political science to sociology, from art to cultural studies, it provides systematic tools for understanding different aspects of the Jewish experience.

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