Bibliograph

The Jews of Andhra Pradesh, contesting caste and religion in South India, Yulia Egorova and Shahid Perwez

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The Jews of Andhra Pradesh, contesting caste and religion in South India, Yulia Egorova and Shahid Perwez

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The Jews of Andhra Pradesh

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

862126765

Responsibility statement

Yulia Egorova and Shahid Perwez

Series statement

Oxford scholarship online.

Sub title

contesting caste and religion in South India

Summary

This volume casts a new theoretical light on the question of what it means to be Jewish in the contemporary world by exploring the Bene Ephraim community of Madiga Dalits from rural Andhra Pradesh, India, who at the end of the twentieth century declared their affiliation to the Lost Tribes of Israel. Egorova and Perwez present an engaging and sophisticated ethnographic account of this community and argue that by embracing the Jewish tradition the Bene Ephraim have both expanded conventional definitions of 'Who is a Jew' and found a new way to celebrate their Dalit heritage and to fight caste inequality

Target audience

specialized

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