The Arab Jews : A Postcolonial Reading of Nationalism, Religion, and Ethnicity /

Shenhav, Yehouda A.

The Arab Jews : A Postcolonial Reading of Nationalism, Religion, and Ethnicity / Yehouda Shenhav. - Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, c2006. - xiv, 263 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - Cultural sitings .

Translated from the Hebrew.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-248) and index.

The "discovery" of the Arab Jews -- Encounter in Abadan : colonialism, Eurocentrism, and Jewish Orientalism -- How did the Arab Jews become religious and Zionist? -- What do the Arab Jews and the Palestinians have in common? : population exchange, the right of return, and the politics of reparations -- The Arab Jews and Zionist historical memory.

0804752966 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780804752961

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Jews, Oriental--Cultural assimilation--Israel.
Jews--Migrations.--Arab countries
Politics and culture.
Ethnicity--Israel.


Israel--Emigration and immigration.
Israel--Ethnic relations.

DS113.8.S4 / S5413 2006

956.9405 / SHE