Jews of the Dutch Caribbean

Download or read book Jews of the Dutch Caribbean written by Alan F. Benjamin and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2003-08-27 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jews of the Dutch Caribbean addresses identity and ethnicity, through a detailed study of a little-known group in Curacao, Netherlands Antilles. It asks readers to take a broad perspective on the contexts that play a role in ethnicity including, for example, ecology, history, kinship, commerce and language use in everyday life and, crucially, rituals. It asks readers to take a broad perspective on the contexts that play a role in ethnicity and draws on ethnographic research to analyze ethnic identities and look at how it is shaped and negotiated.