| Description |
xii, 260 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
To stem a rising tide: interfaith marriage and religious institutions -- Blended or transcended: interfaith families in popular culture, 1970-1980 -- One roof, one religion: the campaign for a Jewish (interfaith) family -- They sure will be of minority groups: interreligious, interracial, multiethnic Jewish families -- Chrismukkah: millennial multiculturalism -- Living the interfaith family life: dual religious heritages shaping family cultures -- Conclusion: For the sake of the children: identity, practice, and the adult children of intermarriage. |
| Summary |
"Drawing on historical research, ethnography, and original interviews, Beyond Chrismukkah describes and analyzes how interfaith Christian-Jewish families were understood, viewed, and treated in the larger American social milieu from 1965 through the present. [Mehta] shows how during the latter half of the twentieth century, interfaith marriage was subject to much the same dynamic and dramatic change that took place generally in American culture: from 1965 to 2010, the rate of intermarriage for American Jews rose from less than 10% to its current rate of between 40-50%. She argues that the understanding of ethnicity, and, in particular, the turn to multiculturalism in the 1990s, generated significant cultural and political change over time."-- Provided by publisher. |
| Subject |
Interfaith marriage -- United States.
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Children of interfaith marriage -- United States.
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Interfaith families -- United States.
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Jews -- United States -- Identity.
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Children of interfaith marriage. (OCoLC)fst00855396
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Interfaith families. (OCoLC)fst00976211
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Interfaith marriage. (OCoLC)fst00976212
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Jews -- Identity.
(OCoLC)fst00983278
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Standard No. |
14810399 |
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99976125914 |
| ISBN |
9781469636351 (hardcover ;) (alkaline paper) |
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1469636352 (hardcover ;) (alkaline paper) |
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9781469636368 (paperback ;) (alkaline paper) |
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1469636360 (paperback ;) (alkaline paper) |
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9781469636375 (electronic book) |
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