Coming of Age as Syrian Jewish Mexicans: The Pragmatics of Diaspora (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9789004735774)

Coming of Age as Syrian Jewish Mexicans is a linguistic ethnography of Shami and Halebi Jews in contemporary Mexico City. Through a focus on language in everyday life - including narrative, humor, and Arabic and Hebrew "heritage words" - the book explores how young adults negotiate oft-stigmatized, diasporic identities amid national shifts toward neoliberalism and the transnational expansion of Jewish ultra-Orthodoxy. Accessible yet richly theorized, the book introduces linguistic anthropological concepts and guides readers through their application to audiovisual data. This innovative approach promotes empathetic understanding of a lesser-known Jewish Latin American context and opens new lines of inquiry into the phenomenon of diaspora in a rapidly changing world.

Author: Evelyn María Dean-Olmsted
ISBN-10: 9004735771
ISBN-13: 9789004735774
Publisher: Brill
Language: English
Published: 12/10/2025
Pages: 276
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.23lbs
Size: 9.25h x 6.10w x 0.63d