Yulia Egorova: 3 books
Jews and Muslims in South Asia
Reflections on Difference, Religion, and Race
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2018
In this book, Yulia Egorova explores how South Asian Jews and Muslims relate to each other outside of a Western and Christian context, and reveals that despite some important differences, the relationship is still intrinsically connected to global narratives about Jews and Muslims. She also shows...
Jews and India
Perceptions and Image
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2008
Exploring the image of Jews in India in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, this book looks at both the Indian attitudes towards the Jewish communities of the subcontinent and at the way Jews and Judaism in general have been represented in Indian discourse.
Despite the fact that the Indian...
Genetics, Mass Media and Identity
A Case Study of the Genetic Research on the Lemba
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2006
This is the first book to explore the effect of genetic research on the Lemba Judaising community of Southern Africa and the phenomenon of Israelite identity.
The science of genetics as relayed by the media is perceived by laymen as being irreproachably objective 'hard science': its disinterested...