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The Chaldeans

By Yasmeen Hanoosh

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The Chaldeans

By Yasmeen Hanoosh

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Modern Chaldeans are an Aramaic speaking Catholic Syriac community from northern Iraq, not to be confused with the ancient Mesopotamian civilization of the same name. First identified as 'Chaldean' by the Catholic Church in the sixteenth century, this misnomer persisted, developing into a distinctive and unique identity. In modern times, the demands of assimilation in the US, together with increased hostility and sectarian violence in Iraq, gave rise to a complex and transnational identity. Faced with Islamophobia in the US, Chaldeans were at pains to emphasize a Christian identity, and appropriated the ancient, pre-Islamic history of their namesake as a means of distinction between them and other immigrants from Arab lands. In this, the first ethnographic history of the modern Chaldeans, Yasmeen Hanoosh explores these ancient-modern inflections in contemporary Chaldean identity discourses, the use of history as a collective commodity for developing and sustaining a positive community image in the present, and the use of language revival and monumental symbolism to reclaim association with Christian and pre-Christian traditions.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
336
Release Date:
2020-11-26
Publication Date:
2020-11-26
Publisher:
Bloomsbury 3PL
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0755638484
ISBN13:
9780755638482
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
512 g
Height:
156 cm
Width:
234 cm
Thickness:
18 cm
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