Review
Benjamin's work is a welcome contribution to a small but growing body of research.....it is generally an excellent study of the community. Benjamin has successfully synthesized a comprehensive historical and ecological analysis of Curacao with an in-depth analysis of the Jewish community.
–Gemma Romain, Ethnic and Racial Studies
Benjamins work is a welcome contribution to a small but growing body of research.....it is generally an excellent study of the community. Benjamin has successfully synthesized a comprehensive historical and ecological analysis of Curacao with an in-depth analysis of the Jewish community.
–Gemma Romain, Ethnic and Racial Studies
The crux of [Benjamin's] research, specifically the detailed analysis of the community and the sensitive and compelling autobiographical voice employed within the narrative makes the work both unique and valuable to ethnographers and historians alike.
–Gemma Romain, Ethnic and Racial Studies
The crux of [Benjamins] research, specifically the detailed analysis of the community and the sensitive and compelling autobiographical voice employed within the narrative makes the work both unique and valuable to ethnographers and historians alike.
–Gemma Romain, Ethnic and Racial Studies
–Gemma Romain, Ethnic and Racial Studies
Benjamins work is a welcome contribution to a small but growing body of research.....it is generally an excellent study of the community. Benjamin has successfully synthesized a comprehensive historical and ecological analysis of Curacao with an in-depth analysis of the Jewish community.
–Gemma Romain, Ethnic and Racial Studies
The crux of [Benjamin's] research, specifically the detailed analysis of the community and the sensitive and compelling autobiographical voice employed within the narrative makes the work both unique and valuable to ethnographers and historians alike.
–Gemma Romain, Ethnic and Racial Studies
The crux of [Benjamins] research, specifically the detailed analysis of the community and the sensitive and compelling autobiographical voice employed within the narrative makes the work both unique and valuable to ethnographers and historians alike.
–Gemma Romain, Ethnic and Racial Studies
Product Description
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. Drawing on ethnographic research to analyze ethnic identity, Benjamin takes a broad and innovative perspective, presenting ethnic identity as local as well as a transnational phenomenon, shaped by history and re-shaped through contemporary, everyday interactions.
