Unorthodox Kin

Unorthodox Kin
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Publisher : Univ of California Press
Total Pages : 342
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ISBN-10 : 9780520285057
ISBN-13 : 0520285050
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Book Synopsis Unorthodox Kin by : Naomi Leite

Download or read book Unorthodox Kin written by Naomi Leite and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2017-02-28 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unorthodox Kin is a groundbreaking exploration of identity, relatedness, and belonging in a global era. Naomi Leite paints an intimate portrait of Portugal’s urban Marranos, who trace their ancestry to fifteenth-century Jews forcibly converted to Catholicism, as they seek to rejoin the Jewish people. Focusing on mutual imaginings and direct encounters between Marranos, Portuguese Jews, and foreign Jewish tourists and outreach workers, Leite tracks how visions of self and kin evolve over time and across social spaces, ending in a surprising path to belonging. A poignant evocation of how ideas of ancestry shape the present, how feelings of kinship arise among far-flung strangers, and how some find mystical connection in a world said to be disenchanted, this is a model study for anthropology today.


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