The Crypto-Jewish Mashhadis : the shaping of religious and communal identity in their journey from Iran to New York /

The Crypto-Jewish Mashhadis : the shaping of religious and communal identity in their journey from Iran to New York /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Nissimi, Hilda.
Imprint:	Brighton ; Portland : Sussex Academic Press, 2007.
Description:	xv, 180 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Jews -- Iran -- Mashhad -- History. Mashhadis (Crypto-Jews) -- History. Mashhadis (Crypto-Jews) -- Social life and customs. Muslim converts -- Iran -- Mashhad -- History. Jews -- Iran -- Identity. Jews, Iranian -- New York (State) Mashhadis (Crypto-Jews) -- New York (State) Jews. Jews -- Identity. Jews, Iranian. Mashhadis (Crypto-Jews) Muslim converts. Iran. Iran -- Mashhad. New York (State) History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6276379

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ISBN:	1845191609 (h/c : alk. paper) 9781845191603 (h/c : alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 161-175) and index.

Table of Contents:

The Emergence of Crypto-Faith
Communities of Memory-Faith
Living within Two Faiths, Two Cultures
Creating a Cohesive Community: Family Ethnicity and Gender
The Mashhadi Way: Memory of Sacred History
Memory and History: The Cultural Boundary
Women and Family: The Social Boundary
What is Mashhadi? American, Zionist, Persian
Conclusion: From Descent to Consent
Index