Beyond Chrismukkah the Christian-Jewish interfaith family in the United States / Samira K. Mehta.
| Author/creator | Mehta, Samira K. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2018] |
| Description | xii, 260 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from JSTOR University of North Carolina Press Publisher Collection (Backlist) |
| Subjects |
| Contents | To stem a rising tide: interfaith marriage and religious institutions -- Blended or transcended: interfaith families in popular culture, 1970-1980 -- One roof, one religion: the campaign for a Jewish (interfaith) family -- They sure will be of minority groups: interreligious, interracial, multiethnic Jewish families -- Chrismukkah: millennial multiculturalism -- Living the interfaith family life: dual religious heritages shaping family cultures -- Conclusion. for the sake of the children: identity, practice, and the adult children of intermarriage. |
| Abstract | "Drawing on historical research, ethnography, and original interviews, Beyond Chrismukkah describes and analyzes how interfaith Christian-Jewish families were understood, viewed, and treated in the larger American social milieu from 1965 through the present. [Mehta] shows how during the latter half of the twentieth century, interfaith marriage was subject to much the same dynamic and dramatic change that took place generally in American culture: from 1965 to 2010, the rate of intermarriage for American Jews rose from less than 10% to its current rate of between 40-50%. She argues that the understanding of ethnicity, and, in particular, the turn to multiculturalism in the 1990s, generated significant cultural and political change over time."-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 220-248) and indexes. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2017020958 |
| ISBN | 9781469636351 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9781469636368 (pbk : alk. paper) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |