Arab Jews - A Postcolonial Reading of Nationalism, Religion, and Ethnicity

Zusatztext "...this is a brave! fascinating! excellent book that will mark an important turning point in the study of Jews from Arab and Islamic countries and their relationship to the Jewish state." Informationen zum Autor Yehouda Shenhav is Associate Professor of Sociology and Anthropology at Tel Aviv University. He is the author of Manufacturing Rationality (1999) and The Organization Machine (1995, in Hebrew); and the editor of Mizrahim in Israel (2002, in Hebrew) and Coloniality and the Postcolonial Condition (2004, in Hebrew). Klappentext "...this is a brave, fascinating, excellent book that will mark an important turning point in the study of Jews from Arab and Islamic countries and their relationship to the Jewish state."--xMiddle East Journal Zusammenfassung This book is about the social history of the Arab Jews—Jews living in Arab countries—against the backdrop of Zionist nationalism.

Product details

• Authors: Yehouda Shenhav
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.05.2006
• EAN: 9780804752961
• ISBN: 978-0-8047-5296-1
• No. of pages: 280
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 229 mm x 19 mm
• Series: Cultural Sitings
• Subject: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous