In this Book
- Jewish Life in Twenty-First-Century Turkey: The Other Side of Tolerance
- Book
- 2011
- Published by: Indiana University Press
- Series: New Anthropologies of Europe
summary
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 Turkish Jews manage the tensions between cosmopolitanism and patriotism, difference as Jews and sameness as Turkish citizens, tolerance and violence.
Table of Contents
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- PREFACE: The Ends and Beginnings of 1992
- pp. ix-xiii
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- pp. xv-xx
- Introduction
- pp. 1-32
- THREE. The Limits of Cosmopolitanism
- pp. 83-105
- Conclusion
- pp. 166-174
- References
- pp. 185-207
- Back Matter
- pp. 219-221
Additional Information
ISBN
9780253005267
Related ISBN(s)
9780253223500, 9780253356901
MARC Record
OCLC
769007341
Pages
242
Launched on MUSE
2012-06-26
Language
English
Open Access
No