COMING OUT: JEWISH IDENTITY IN CONTEMPORARY HUNGARY
COMING OUT: JEWISH IDENTITY IN CONTEMPORARY HUNGARY
Author(s): Leonard MARSSubject(s): Cultural history, Social history, History of Judaism, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology, Post-Communist Transformation, History of Antisemitism
Published by: Akadémiai Kiadó
Keywords: Hungarian Jews; Jewish identity; social transformation;
Summary/Abstract: To be a Jew in communist Hungary between 1948–1989 was to be a person carrying a stigma. Jewish identity was suppressed in public and in many cases in private. Since the demise of the communist regime Hungarian Jews have begun to proclaim their identity publicly. In short Jews are “coming out”. In this paper I describe the ways in which Jewish identity is expressed and I analyze the factors, both internal and external that have facilitated such expression.
Journal: Acta Ethnographica Hungarica
- Issue Year: 48/2003
- Issue No: 1-2
- Page Range: 35-48
- Page Count: 14
- Language: English
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