The Dispersion of Egyptian Jewry: Culture, Politics, and the Formation of a Modern Diaspora Volume 11

by Joel Beinin

Book Overview

In this provocative and 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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520211758
• ISBN13: 9780520211759
• Release Date: July 1998
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 318 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.4" x 9.3"