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OverviewThis edited volume places Jewish-Latin Americans within the context of Latin American and ethnic studies. It departs from traditional scholarship that segregates Jews as inhabitants in Latin America republics rather than as citizens of Latin American republics. The essays draw examples primarily from Argentina and Brazil, the two South American countries with the largest Jewish populations, and span from the late nineteenth century into the 1990s.By giving primacy to the national identity of Jewish-Latin Americans, the essays included here emphasize human actors and accounts of lived experiences. Lesser and Rein's thought-provoking introduction outlines seven new formulations of the relationship between Jews, the nation-state, and their Diasporic experience. Individual contributors then pursue new perspectives of the Jewish experience, including those of the working class, labor organizing and anarchist activities, women, and the reconceptualization of racism and anti-Semitism. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Jeffrey Lesser , Raanan Rein , Edna Aizenberg , Judah M. CohenPublisher: University of New Mexico Press Imprint: University of New Mexico Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.431kg ISBN: 9780826344014ISBN 10: 0826344011 Pages: 328 Publication Date: 30 December 2008 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationJeffrey Lesser is Winship Distinguished Research Professor of the Humanities and director of Tam Institute for Jewish Studies at Emory University. He is the award-winning author of numerous books, most recently A Discontented Diaspora: Japanese-Brazilians and the Meanings of Ethnic Militancy, 1960-1980. Raanan Rein is professor of Latin American and Spanish history and vice rector of Tel Aviv University. Rein's many publications include In the Shadow of Peron: Juan Atilio Bramuglia and the Second Line of Argentina's Populist Movement. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |