ABSTRACT
Jews of the Dutch Caribbean addresses identity and ethnicity, through a detailed study of a little-known group in Curacao, Netherlands Antilles. It asks readers to take a broad perspective on the contexts that play a role in ethnicity including, for example, ecology, history, kinship, commerce and language use in everyday life and, crucially, rituals. It asks readers to take a broad perspective on the contexts that play a role in ethnicity and draws on ethnographic research to analyze ethnic identities and look at how it is shaped and negotiated.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter 5|35 pages
Selected elements of the Curaçaoan social setting
Historical and contemporary Rudy’s ta otro (Rudy’s is other/different)
part |1 pages
Part 7