Product Description: In this book, Israeli anthropologist André Levy returns to his birthplace in Casablanca to provide a deeply nuanced and compelling study of the relationships between Moroccan Jews and Muslims there. Ranging over a century of history—from the Jewish Enlightenment and the impending colonialism of the late nineteenth century to today’s modern Arab state—Levy paints a rich portrait of two communities pressed together, of the tremendous mobility that has characterized the past century, and of the paradoxes that complicate the cultural identities of the present...read more

Product Description: This collection focuses fresh attention on the relationships between "homeland" and "diaspora" communities in today's world. Based on in-depth anthropological studies by leading scholars in the field, the book highlights the changing character of homeland-diaspora ties...read more

Product Description: Andre Levy sets out in this slim volume to provide a picture of Chinese literature of the past. He does so not in lengthy dissertations on literature, but by blending the colors of approximately 120 vivid translations with his personal insights on these works, and then framing these readings in innovative historical accounts...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Estas cartas reunidas y comentadas por André Lévy presentan un acercamiento al reverso de la moneda: la versión de la cultura occidental narrada, inventada desde el testimonio vivo de los viajeros chinos que recorrieron el mundo carismático y atropellado de la Belle Époque.