Minority group, majority space: Negotiating jewish identity in a Southern Christian Context

Journal of Contemporary Ethnography

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 696-728

  Cutler, Marianne ^a  

^a EAST STROUDSBURG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

American South; Anti semitism; Emotion work; Jewish identity; Secular Jews

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750523814     PISSN: 08912416     EISSN: 15525414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0891241606286999     Document Type: Article

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