Hidden heritage : the legacy of the Crypto-Jews / Janet Liebman Jacobs.

Author/creator Jacobs, Janet Liebman
Format Book
Publication InfoBerkeley : University of California Press, ©2002.
Descriptionx, 197 pages ; 24 cm.
Subjects
Crypto-Jews--Iberian Peninsula. --United States. --History.
Jews--United States. --History.
Crypto-Jews--Iberian Peninsula. --Religious life.
Crypto-Jews--Iberian Peninsula. --Social life and customs.
Jews--Identity.
United States--Ethnic relations.
United States--Ethnic relations.

SeriesThe S. Mark Taper Foundation imprint in Jewish studies
S. Mark Taper Foundation imprint in Jewish studies. ^A595310
Contents Secrecy, antisemitism, and the dangers of Jewishness -- Women and the persistence of culture : ritual, custom, and the recovery of Sephardic ancestry -- The self-in-relation and the transformation of religious consciousness -- Syncretism and faith blending in modern Crypto-Judaism -- Conversion and the rekindling of the Jewish soul -- Jewish ancestry and the social construction of ethnic identity -- Conclusion. Ethnic loss and the future of Crypto-Jewish culture
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 177-185) and index.
LCCN 2002000857
ISBN0520233468 (Cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0520235177 (Paper : alk. paper)

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks E184.36.E84 J33 2002 ✔ Available Place Hold