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The Jews in the Caribbean by Jane S. Gerber (English) Paperback Book
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- ISBN-13
- 9781906764999
- Book Title
- The Jews in the Caribbean
- ISBN
- 9781906764999
- Publication Year
- 2018
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Publication Name
- Jews in the Caribbean
- Item Height
- 1.4in
- Item Length
- 9.2in
- Publisher
- Littmann Library of Jewish Civilization, T.H.E.
- Item Width
- 5.9in
- Item Weight
- 27.3 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 444 Pages
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The Portuguese Jewish diaspora was born out of a double tragedy: the expulsion of the Jews from Spain in 1492 and the forced conversion/expulsion of the Jews from Portugal in 1497. The potent combination of expulsion, Inquisition, and crypto-Judaism left people neither wholly Jewish nor wholly Christian in their identity. Subsequently many left the Iberian peninsula; some found refuge in the Caribbean, but succeeded in maintaining strong connections with Portuguese Jews in western Europe, the Ottoman empire, and the Far East, while they also forged ties with the surrounding peoples and cultures. This book looks at many different aspects of this complex past. Its interdisciplinary approach allows a wealth of new information to be brought together to create a comprehensive picture. Part I sets the context, and also considers the relationship of Caribbean Jewry to European trading systems; its special ties to Amsterdam and Dutch-ruled Curaçao; and the role of Jewish merchants in Jamaica?s commerce. Part II examines the material and visual culture of Jews in the British and Dutch Caribbean, while Part III looks at Caribbean Jewish identity and heritage and their modern manifestations. Part IV contains archival studies that illuminate other subjects of importance?adventure and piracy, Jewish participation in a nineteenth-century revolt of black slaves and in the first Jamaican elections after Jews were granted the right to vote, and questions of concubinage and sexual relations between Jews and blacks. Part V moves from the local to the international, in particular the connection with mainland America. In their diversity, the contributions to this volume suggest the many ways in which the formation of the Caribbean Jewish diaspora can be understood today: as a Jewish diaspora dispersed under different European colonial empires; as a Jewish cultural entity created by a set of shared traditions and historical memories; and as one component in a web of relationships that characterized the Atlantic world. Defining it is no simple matter: like all diaspora identities it was constantly in flux, reinventing itself under changing historical circumstances. CONTRIBUTORS: Aviva Ben-Ur, Miriam Bodian, Judah M. Cohen, Eli Faber, Rachel Frankel, Noah L. Gelfand, Jane S. Gerber, Josette Capriles Goldish, Matt Goldish, Jonathan Israel, Stanley Mirvis, Gérard Nahon, Joanna Newman, Ronnie Perelis, Jackie Ranston, James Robertson, Jessica Roitman, Dale Rosengarten, Barry L. Stiefel, Hilit Surowitz-Israel, Karl Watson, Swithin Wilmot
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Publisher
Littmann Library of Jewish Civilization, T.H.E.
ISBN-10
1906764999
ISBN-13
9781906764999
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239676447
Product Key Features
Publication Name
Jews in the Caribbean
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Publication Year
2018
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
444 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.2in
Item Height
1.4in
Item Width
5.9in
Item Weight
27.3 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
F2191.J48j49 2018
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Reviews 'The broadest spectrum of scholars and scholarship on this subject since the 1993 publication of Sephardim in the Americas, explaining that book's US-centred focus with a global perspective . . . Highly recommended.' J.L. Elkin, Choice, 'The broadest spectrum of scholars and scholarship on this subject since the 1993 publication of Sephardim in the Americas, explaining that book's US-centred focus with a global perspective . . . Highly recommended.' J.L. Elkin, Choice, "Monumental . . . The subject matter is diverse and varied, and ranges from history, culture, politics, to race and Jewish identity, among many other interesting topics . . . The chapters are written from a broad range of disciplines and socio-cultural perspectives, both theoretical/scholarly and creative . . . Carefully written and well documented . . . this mammoth work is a huge undertaking and its analysis is truly interesting, since it illuminates the reader's path to understanding the development of the Jews in this region, as well as those factors and events that have shaped them. This book offers a skilful overview of the history and historiography of these Jews and their environments. It does not leave many questions unexplored, without reconceptualizing or analyzing them. It is without a doubt a valuable and important contribution." --Paulette Kershenovich Schuster, Sephardic Horizons
Table of Content
List of Illustrations Note on Transliteration Introduction - JANE S. GERBER PART I The Historical Background of the Caribbean Sephardi Diaspora 1 The Formation of the Portuguese Jewish Diaspora - MIRIAM BODIAN 2 Curaçao, Amsterdam, and the Rise of the Sephardi Trade System in the Caribbean, 1630?1700 - JONATHAN ISRAEL 3 To Live and to Trade: The Status of Sephardi Mercantile Communities in the Atlantic World during the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries - NOAH L. GELFAND PART II Authority and Community in the Dutch Caribbean 4 Amsterdam and the Portuguese Naçao of the Caribbean in the Eighteenth Century - GÉRARD NAHON 5 ?A flock of wolves instead of sheep?: The Dutch West India Company, Conflict Resolution, and the Jewish Community of Curaçao in the Eighteenth Century - JESSICA ROITMAN 6 Religious Authority: A Perspective from the Americas - HILIT SUROWITZ-ISRAEL PART III Material and Visual Culture 7 Jonkonnu and Jew: The Art of Isaac Mendes Belisario (1794?1849) - JACKIE RANSTON 8 Testimonial Terrain: The Cemeteries of New World Sephardim - RACHEL FRANKEL 9 Counting the ?Sacred Lights of Israel?: Synagogue Construction and Architecture in the British Caribbean - BARRY L. STIEFEL PART IV Jews and Slave Society 10 The Cultural Heritage of Eurafrican Sephardi Jews in Suriname - AVIVA BEN-UR 11 Shifting Identities: Religion, Race, and Creolization among the Sephardi Jews of Barbados, 1654?1900 - KARL WATSON 12 Sexuality and Sentiment: Concubinage and the Sephardi Family in Late Eighteenth-Century Jamaica - STANLEY MIRVIS 13 The ?Confession made by Cyrus? Reconsidered: Maroons and Jews during Jamaica?s First Maroon War (1728?1738/9) - JAMES ROBERTSON 14 Jewish Politicians in Post-Slavery Jamaica: Electoral Politics in the Parish of St Dorothy, 1849?1860 - SWITHIN WILMOT PART V Reassessing the Geographical Boundaries of Caribbean Jewry 15 The Borders of Early American Jewish History - ELI FABER 16 Port Jews and Plantation Jews: Carolina?Caribbean Connections - DALE ROSENGARTEN Part VI Personal Narratives 17 The Strange Adventures of Benjamin Franks, an Ashkenazi Pioneer in the Americas - MATT GOLDISH 18 Daniel Israel López Laguna?s Espejo fiel de vidas and the Ghosts of Marrano Autobiography - RONNIE PERELIS 19 ?My heart is grieved?: Grace Cardoze?A Life Revealed through Letters - JOSETTE CAPRILES GOLDISH PART VII The Formation of Contemporary Caribbean Jewry 20 Refugees from Nazism in the British Caribbean - JOANNA NEWMAN 21 Inscribing Ourselves with History: The Production of Heritage in Today?s Caribbean Jewish Diaspora - JUDAH M. COHEN Notes on Contributors Index
Copyright Date
2018
Topic
Judaism / Rituals & Practice, Sociology / General, Anthropology / Cultural & Social, History, Jewish
Dewey Decimal
305.89240729
Intended Audience
College Audience
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes
Genre
Religion, History, Social Science
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