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1 online resource (viii, 278 pages :) : illustrations, maps |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
[Contents]; Acknowledgments; Introduction; ONE: Diversity and Complexity; TWO: The Case Against the Authenticity of Crypto- Judaism in New Mexico; THREE: The Case for the Authenticity of Crypto- Judaism in New Mexico; FOUR: Ideal Types of Crypto- Jewish Identity; FIVE: Crypto- Jewish Practice (Memory and Bricolage); SIX: A Postmodern Take on Crypto- Judaism; Conclusion; Theoretical Appendix: (Neo)- Structuralisma basis for understanding the transformative use of structure in crypto- jewish culture; Notes; Bibliography; Index. |
| Summary |
Juggling Identities is an extensive ethnography of the crypto-Jews who live deep within the Hispanic communities of the American Southwest. Critiquing scholars who challenge the cultural authenticity of these individuals, Seth D. Kunin builds a solid link between the crypto-Jews of New Mexico and their Spanish ancestors who secretly maintained their Jewish identity after converting to Catholicism, offering the strongest evidence yet of their ethnic and religious origins. Kunin adopts a unique approach to the lives of modern crypto-Jews, concentrating primarily on their un. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Crypto-Jews -- New Mexico -- History.
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Crypto-Jews. |
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New Mexico. |
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History. |
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Jews -- New Mexico -- History.
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Jews. |
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Jews -- New Mexico -- Identity.
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Identity (Philosophical concept) |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Kunin, Seth D. Juggling Identities : Identity and Authenticity Among the Crypto-Jews. New York : Columbia University Press, ©2009 9780231142182 |
| ISBN |
9780231512572 (electronic book) |
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0231512570 (electronic book) |
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0231142188 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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9780231142182 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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