Essays about: "David Grobgeld"

Found 1 essay containing the words David Grobgeld.

  1. 1. Resisting Assimilation: Ethnic Boundary Maintenance Among Jews in Sweden

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

    Author : David Grobgeld; [2017]
    Keywords : Ethnic boundaries; Ethnic identity; Jews; Swedish Jews; Andreas Wimmer; Antisemitism; Holocaust;

    Abstract : This paper applies the ethnic boundary making theory developed by Andreas Wimmer to understand the maintenance of Jewish ethnic identification in Sweden, as expressed in thirteen interviews with Swedish Jews. Wimmer’s theory holds that ethnic conflict and persecution routinizes and entrenches perceptions of ethnic difference; I argue that the antisemitic persecutions of the 20th century has entrenched the perception of the ethnic distinctiveness of Jews among Jews themselves. READ MORE