Colonialism and the Jews

Colonialism and the Jews
ISBN-10
0253024625
ISBN-13
9780253024626
Category
History
Pages
370
Language
English
Published
2017-01-30
Publisher
Indiana University Press
Authors
Lisa Moses Leff, Ethan B. Katz, Maud S. Mandel

Description

The lively essays collected here explore colonial history, culture, and thought as it intersects with Jewish studies. Connecting the Jewish experience with colonialism to mobility and exchange, diaspora, internationalism, racial discrimination, and Zionism, the volume presents the work of Jewish historians who recognize the challenge that colonialism brings to their work and sheds light on the diverse topics that reflect the myriad ways that Jews engaged with empire in modern times. Taken together, these essays reveal the interpretive power of the "Imperial Turn" and present a rethinking of the history of Jews in colonial societies in light of postcolonial critiques and destabilized categories of analysis. A provocative discussion forum about Zionism as colonialism is also included.

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