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Jubuntu

Giving and Belonging in the Jewish Diaspora of Cape Town

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  1. Larissa Denk

    1. Hamburg, Germany

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxi
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  2. Introduction

    • Larissa Denk
    Pages 1-10

  3. Theoretical Perspectives on Charitable Giving, Diaspora and Belonging

    • Larissa Denk
    Pages 11-53

  4. Methods and Research Design

    • Larissa Denk
    Pages 55-89

  5. The History of Jews in South Africa

    • Larissa Denk
    Pages 91-113

  6. Ethnography of Jewish Cape Town and Jewish Giving Ideals

    • Larissa Denk
    Pages 115-142

  7. Organising the Charitable Diaspora Community

    • Larissa Denk
    Pages 143-210

  8. Making Sense of Ambiguities

    • Larissa Denk
    Pages 211-282

  9. Giving and Jewishness

    • Larissa Denk
    Pages 283-344

  10. Giving and South Africanness

    • Larissa Denk
    Pages 345-381

  11. Jewish Charity as Gendered Domain

    • Larissa Denk
    Pages 383-396

  12. Discussion and Conclusion

    • Larissa Denk
    Pages 397-411

  13. Back Matter

    Pages 413-434
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About this book

This study investigates the nexus between giving, belonging and Jewishness in South Africa. Charitable interactions are as much manifestations of inequalities as an expression of the giving individual’s desire to alleviate them. Structuring aspects like class, race, economics, and post-apartheid politics are at the basis of this study. At the same time, though, it is individual agency reproducing inequalities and making sense of the ambiguity of the charitable interaction. In the context of the Jewish community in South Africa this analysis shows how the community’s organisations, practices and concepts are connected to charitable giving. The author carved out three dimensions, which are entangled, reinforced, or at times contradict each other: Belonging, diaspora and charitable giving. Along with shared values and practices it relates to, volunteering or charitable giving connects one individual to a group, while possibly excluding another from it. Expressing belonging to the Jewish collective as a diaspora community, relates individuals or collectives to the triadic relationship between local diaspora group, host society and homeland and other local communities of the same diaspora.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Hamburg, Germany

    Larissa Denk

About the author

Larissa Denk was a PhD student at the Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology, University of Hamburg. Currently, she works on the prevention of right-wing and anti-democratic ideologies. 

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Jubuntu

  • Book Subtitle: Giving and Belonging in the Jewish Diaspora of Cape Town

  • Authors: Larissa Denk

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-66887-0

  • Publisher: J.B. Metzler Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: J.B. Metzler Humanities (German Language)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer-Verlag GmbH, DE, part of Springer Nature 2023

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-662-66886-3Published: 15 February 2023

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-662-66887-0Published: 13 February 2023

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXI, 434

  • Number of Illustrations: 4 b/w illustrations, 6 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Philosophy, general

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