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Hidden Heritage: The Legacy of the Crypto-Jews Paperback - 2002

by Janet Jacobs


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This study of contemporary crypto-Jews-descendants of European Jews forced to convert to Christianity during the Spanish Inquisition-traces the group's history of clandestinely conducting their faith and their present-day efforts to reclaim their past. Janet Liebman Jacobs masterfully combines historical and social scientific theory to fashion a brilliant analysis of hidden ancestry and the transformation of religious and ethnic identity.

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One of the most intriguing aspects of modern crypto-Judaism is the survival of a culture of secrecy that is evident in the patterns of silence and disclosure that characterize twentieth-century families with crypto-Jewish ancestors.

From the rear cover

"Janet Jacobs enters fearlessly into the house of mirrors that is Jewish-Hispanic identity, where nothing is what it appears to be. Her ethnography is about the uses of silence and the excuses of memory."--Ilan Stavans, author of On Borrowed Words: A Memoir of Language

"Janet Jacobs's book is a beautifully written, compelling account of the experiences of contemporary crypto-Jews who are struggling to locate the meanings of their various identities. I know of no other works that cover this material, and Jacobs does so in a rich finely nuanced way in which she deals with issues of family, memory, community, and belonging. I love the way she draws on such a wide variety of materials to explore this topic in a wide-ranging and impressive way."--Lynn Davidman, author of Tradition in a Rootless World

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  • Title Hidden Heritage: The Legacy of the Crypto-Jews
  • Author Janet Jacobs
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 210
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University of California Press, Berkeley, CA
  • Date 2002-09-16
  • Features Bibliography, Index, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780520235175 / 0520235177
  • Weight 0.66 lbs (0.30 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.96 x 6.08 x 0.54 in (22.76 x 15.44 x 1.37 cm)
  • Reading level 1520
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: Medieval (500-1453) Studies
    • Cultural Region: Western Europe
    • Ethnic Orientation: Jewish
    • Religious Orientation: Christian
    • Religious Orientation: Jewish
  • Library of Congress subjects United States - Ethnic relations, Jews - Identity
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2002000857
  • Dewey Decimal Code 305.892

About the author

Janet Liebman Jacobs is Professor of Sociology and Women's Studies at the University of Colorado, Boulder. She is the author of Divine Disenchantment: Deconverting from New Religions (1989) and Victimized Daughters: Incest and the Development of the Female Self (1994), and editor of Religion, Society, and Psychoanalysis: Readings in Contemporary Theory (1997).
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