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Jewish life in 21st-century Turkey : the other side of tolerance / Marcy Brink-Danan

Brink-Danan, Marcy

Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2012

Online Ressource (xviii, 218 p.) : ill.

Englisch

Includes bibliographical references and index. - Description based on print version record

Erscheint auch als: (Druck-Ausgabe)

978-0-253-00526-7 (electronic bk.); 0-253-00526-4 (electronic bk.)

978-0-253-00526-7 (ISBN der Printausgabe); 0-253-00526-4 (ISBN der Printausgabe); 978-0-253-35690-1 (ISBN der Printausgabe)

OCoLC: 769007341 (aus SWB)     

Elektronische Ressource: Zugang über Aggregator-Datenbank (Lizenzangabe: Lizenzpflichtig)

DS135.T8B75 2011 ; DS135.T8

305.892/40561 ; 956.1004924     Ähnliche Literatur

bisacsh: HIS026000 ; bisacsh: HIS 026000 ; bisacsh: SOC002010 ; bisacsh: SOC049000

LOC-SH: Jews -- History -- 21st century -- Turkey -- Istanbul ; Jews -- Identity -- Turkey -- Istanbul ; Istanbul (Turkey) -- Ethnic relations -- Turkey -- Istanbul ; Electronic books -- History ; History ; Jews -- Turkey -- Istanbul -- Identity ; Jews -- Turkey -- Istanbul -- History -- 21st century ; Istanbul (Turkey) -- Ethnic relations ; Electronic books

Electronic books ; HISTORY / Middle East / General ; History ; Ethnic relations ; Jews ; Jews ; Identity ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Anthropology ; Cultural ; Turkey ; Istanbul

PREFACE: The Ends and Beginnings of 1992; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; Introduction; ONE. Tolerance, Difference, and Citizenship; TWO. Cosmopolitan Signs: Names as Foreign and Local; THREE. The Limits of Cosmopolitanism; FOUR. Performing Difference: Turkish Jews on the National Stage; FIVE. Intimate Negotiations:Turkish Jews Between Stages; SIX. The One Who Writes Difference: Inside Secrecy; Conclusion; Notes; References; Index.

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Turkey is famed for a history of tolerance toward minorities, and there is a growing nostalgia for the "Ottoman mosaic." In this richly detailed study, Marcy Brink-Danan examines what it means for Jews to live as a tolerated minority in contemporary Istanbul. Often portrayed as the "good minority," Jews in Turkey celebrate their long history in the region, yet they are subject to discrimination and their institutions are regularly threatened and periodically attacked. Brink-Danan explores the contradictions and gaps in the popular ideology of Turkey as a land of tolerance, describing how Turki