04084cam a2200673Ii 4500 ocn965905946 OCoLC 20200709060527.0 m d cr cnu---unuuu 161214s2017 nju ob 001 0 eng d N$T eng rda pn N$T N$T JSTOR 9780813563046 (electronic bk.) 0813563046 (electronic bk.) 9780813573861 (electronic bk.) 0813573866 (electronic bk.) 9780813563039 0813563038 9780813563022 081356302X 1437212 (N$T) (OCoLC)965905946 22573/ctt1j61d1k JSTOR DS143 SOC 031000 bisacsh SOC 020000 bisacsh HIS037000 bisacsh HIS022000 bisacsh REL040000 bisacsh SOC049000 bisacsh 305.892/4 23 MAIN Baker, Cynthia M., author. Jew / Cynthia M. Baker. New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, [2017] ©2017 1 online resource. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Key words in Jewish studies ; 7 Includes bibliographical references and index. Part I. Terms of debate. first Jews -- a Jew outward or a Jew inward? -- Jews, women, slaves -- From ethnos to ethnicity/race and religion -- Part II. State of the (Jew[ish]) question -- Vos macht a yid? -- Jew in Jewish studies -- Thinking (with) Jew(s) -- Part III. In a new key: new Jews -- Zionism's new Jew and the birth of the genomic Jew -- New Jews in a new Europe -- New Jews: a view from the new world. "Jew. The word possesses an uncanny power to provoke and unsettle. For millennia, Jew has signified the consummate Other, a persistent fly in the ointment of grand Western cultural projects and narratives. Jew has not long served, however, as a name for self. With these insights as a point of departure, this book offers a wide-ranging exploration of the key word Jew - a term that lies not only at the heart of Jewish experience and Jewish studies, but, indeed, at the heart of Western civilization as a whole. Beginning with an examination of scholarly debates about the origins and early meanings of Jew, the book unpacks categories like "ethnicity," "race," and "religion" that inevitably feature in attempts to define the word. It goes on to explore the complex challenges that attend the modern appropriation of Jew as a term of self-identification, with forays into Yiddish language and culture, academic scholarship on "the Jew," and meditations on Jew-as-identity by contemporary public intellectuals. Finally, by tracing the phrase new Jews through a range of contexts - including the early Zionist movement, current debates about Muslim immigration to Europe, and recent sociological studies in the U.S. - the book provides a glimpse of what Jew is coming to mean in an era of Internet cultures, genetic sequencing, precarious nationalisms, and proliferating identities"-- Provided by publisher. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed December 14, 2016). Master record variable field(s) change: 072 Jews Identity. Antisemitism. Antisemitism. fast (OCoLC)fst00810769 Jews Identity. fast (OCoLC)fst00983278 SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination & Race Relations bisacsh SOCIAL SCIENCE / Minority Studies bisacsh HISTORY / World bisacsh Electronic books. Key words in Jewish studies ; 7. EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1437212 EBSCOhost EBSC 1437212 92 N$T 57176 57176