The Dispersion of Egyptian Jewry - Culture, Politics, and the Formation of a Modern Diaspora (Hardcover, New)

In this wide-ranging history, Joel Beinin examines fundamental questions of ethnic identity by focusing on the Egyptian Jewish community since 1948. A complex and heterogeneous people, Egyptian Jews have become even more diverse as their diaspora continues to the present day. Central to Beinin's study is the question of how people handle multiple identities and loyalties that are dislocated and reformed by turbulent political and cultural processes. It is a question he grapples with himself, and his reflection on his experiences as an American Jew in Israel and Egypt offer a candid, personal perpective on the hazards of marginal identities. This text focuses on the life of the majority of the community, which remained in Egypt from the 1948 Arab-Israeli War until the aftermath of the 1956 Suez/Sinai War; the dispersion and re-establishment of Egyptian Jewish communities in the United States, France, and Israel; and contested memories of Jewish life in Egypt since President Anwar al-Sadat's visit to Jerusalem in 1977. Beinin argues that the experiences of Egyptian Jews cannot be adequately accounted for by either Egyptian nationalist or Zionist narratives. Fusing history, ethnograph

General

Imprint:	University of California Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Contraversions: Critical Studies in Jewish Literature, Culture, and Society, 11
Release date:	July 1998
First published:	July 1998
Authors:	Joel Beinin
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 33mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	318
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-520-21175-9
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > African history > General Books > History > African history > General
LSN:	0-520-21175-8
Barcode:	9780520211759

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