The Jews in the Caribbean: The Littman Library of Jewish Civilization
Autor Jane S. Gerberen Limba Engleză Paperback – 18 feb 2018
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 Curacao; 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.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781906764999
ISBN-10: 1906764999
Pagini: 444
Dimensiuni: 177 x 240 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.77 kg
Editura: LUP – Littman Library
Seria The Littman Library of Jewish Civilization
ISBN-10: 1906764999
Pagini: 444
Dimensiuni: 177 x 240 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.77 kg
Editura: LUP – Littman Library
Seria The Littman Library of Jewish Civilization
Descriere
"This volume emerged from an international conference, "The Jewish Diaspora of the Caribbean," convened in Kingston, Jamaica, from 12 to 14 January 2010"--Introduction.
Cuprins
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 Curacao, 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 GELFAND PART II Authority and Community in the Dutch Caribbean 4 Amsterdam and the Portuguese Nacao of the Caribbean in the Eighteenth Century GERARD NAHON 5 'A flock of wolves instead of sheep': The Dutch West India Company, Conflict Resolution, and the Jewish Community of Curacao 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 Lopez 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