Jews of the Dutch Caribbean — Exploring Ethnic Identity on Curacao

Jews of the Dutch Caribbean addresses identity and ethnicity, through a detailed study of a little-known group in Curacao, Netherlands Antilles. It asks readers to take a broad perspective on the contexts that play a role in ethnicity including, for example, ecology, history, kinship, commerce and language use in everyday life and, crucially, rituals. It asks readers to take a broad perspective on the contexts that play a role in ethnicity and draws on ethnographic research to analyze ethnic identities and look at how it is shaped and negotiated.

Alan F Benjamin is a Research Associate with the Population Research Institute of the Pennsylvania State University where his interests include Jewish identity and welfare policy.