Scripturalizing Jewishness through Blackness - Black Jews in France

This book describes the multiple ways in which Black Jews in France practice and claim their Judaism, relate to their fellow Jews, and reconstruct their identities. After fifteen years of fieldwork, Dr. Aurélien Mokoko Gampiot offers an original analysis of their individual and collective itineraries.

Table des matières

Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1: History of the Presence of Jews and Blacks in France
Chapter 2: Self-Identification or Quest of Jewishness
Chapter 3: Patterns of Conversion of Africans and West Indians to Judaism: From Christian to Jew
Chapter 4: Black Jews' Insertion in the French Jewry
Chapter 5: Black Jewish Organizations in France
Chapter 6: Interracial Marriages
Chapter 7: Being Black and Jewish in France today
Conclusion
Glossary
Bibliography
About the Author

A propos de l'auteur

By Aurélien Mokoko Gampiot

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Aurélien Mokoko Gampiot
• Edition: Rowman & Littlefield
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 27.08.2024
• EAN: 9781978716568
• ISBN: 978-1-9787-1656-8
• Dimensions: 157 mm x 236 mm x 21 mm
• Poids: 553 g
• Thème: Scripturalization: Discourse, Formation, Power
• Catégories: Sciences humaines, art, musique > Religion, théologie > Judaïsme; Sciences sociales, droit, économie > Sociologie > Théories sociologiques; France, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Jewish Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Black Studies (Global), Jewish Studies, Gender studies, gender groups, Black & Asian Studies, Relating to Jewish people and groups, Social groups: religious groups and communities, Relating to people of the African diasporas / heritage