Description
Book SynopsisAn exploration of identity, relatedness, and belonging in the context of profound global interconnection. It paints a poignant and graceful portrait of Portugal's urban Marranos, who trace their ancestry to fifteenth-century Jews forcibly converted to Catholicism and now seek connection with the Jewish people at large.
Trade Review"Groundbreaking... Methodologically innovative and written in a compelling narrative style, Unorthodox Kin is a model study in the anthropology of kinship, tourism, and globalization that will appeal to a wide readership." Portuguese American Journal
Table of ContentsPreface and Acknowledgments A Note on Translation and Terminology Introduction: An Ethnography of Affinities 1 * Hidden Within, Imported from Without: A Social Category through Time 2 * Essentially Jewish: Body, Soul, Self 3 * Outsider, In-Between: Becoming Marranos 4 * "My Lost Brothers and Sisters!": Tourism and Cultural Logics of Kinship 5 * From Ancestors to Affection: Making Connections, Making Kin Conclusion: Strangers, Kin, and the Global Search for Belonging Notes References Index
