[Contents]; Acknowledgments; Introduction; ONE: Diversity and Complexity; TWO: The Case Against the Authenticity of Crypto- Judaism in New Mexico; THREE: The Case for the Authenticity of Crypto- Judaism in New Mexico; FOUR: Ideal Types of Crypto- Jewish Identity; FIVE: Crypto- Jewish Practice (Memory and Bricolage); SIX: A Postmodern Take on Crypto- Judaism; Conclusion; Theoretical Appendix: (Neo)- Structuralisma basis for understanding the transformative use of structure in crypto- jewish culture; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Summary
Juggling Identities is an extensive ethnography of the crypto-Jews who live deep within the Hispanic communities of the American Southwest. Critiquing scholars who challenge the cultural authenticity of these individuals, Seth D. Kunin builds a solid link between the crypto-Jews of New Mexico and their Spanish ancestors who secretly maintained their Jewish identity after converting to Catholicism, offering the strongest evidence yet of their ethnic and religious origins. Kunin adopts a unique approach to the lives of modern crypto-Jews, concentrating primarily on their un
