Katya Gibel Mevorach

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Katya Gibel Mevorach , also known as Katya Gibel Azoulay , (born June 18, 1952 in New York City ) is an American - Israeli anthropologist . She is Professor of Anthropology and American Studies at Grinnell College in Grinnell , Iowa . Her research area is the construction of ethnic identities with an emphasis on the intersection of Jewish and African American cultures.

life and work

Katya Gibel Mevorach graduated from Brearley School in New York in 1970 . She moved to Israel and studied African Studies and English at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem . In 1982 she completed her bachelor's degree there and in 1988 her master's degree. She then returned to the United States and began postgraduate studies in cultural anthropology and women's studies at Duke University . In 1995 she obtained her Ph.D. in cultural anthropology.

In 1996 Gibel Mevorach received her first teaching position at the Institute for Anthropology, American and African American Studies at Grinnell College. From 1996 to 2000 she was Chair of the Africana Studies Concentration at her university . In 2001 she became an associate professor . From 2004 to 2005, and again since 2015, she has been Chair of the American Studies Concentration . Gibel Mevorach has been a professor at Grinnell College since 2010, where she heads the American Studies department .

In her book Black, Jewish and Interracial , Gibel Mevorach examined the ethnic and cultural identities of black , Jewish people in the United States based on their own family history. It was published in 1997. In her academic work, she also deals with racism , anti-Semitism and their overlap. She also wrote columns in daily newspapers, including for the Jerusalem Post .

Gibel Mevorach is married to the film and installation artist Yoram Mevorach, who works under the stage name Oyoram .

Fonts (selection)

  • Black, Jewish and Interracial. It's Not the Color of Your Skin but the Race of Your Kin and Other Myths of Identity. Duke University Press, Durham / London 1997, ISBN 978-0-8223-1975-7 .
  • Personal Landmarks on Pedagogical Landscapes. In: Deborah H. Holdstein, David Bleich (Eds.): Personal Effects. The Social Character of Scholarly Writing. Utah State University Press, 2001, ISBN 978-0-8742-1429-1 , pp. 277-295.
  • Jewish Identity and the Politics of a (Multi) Racial Category. In: Lisa Tessman, Bat-Ami Bar On (Ed.): Jewish Location. Traversing Racialized Landscapes. Rowman & Littlefield, 2001, ISBN 978-0-8476-9654-3 , pp. 89-113.
  • Interpreting the Census. The Elasticity of Whiteness and the Depoliticization of Race. In: Curtis Stokes, Theresa Melendez (Eds.): Racial Liberalism and the Politics of Urban America. Michigan State University Press, East Lansing 2003, ISBN 978-0-8701-3669-6 , pp. 155-170.
  • Reflections on 'Race' and the Biologization of Difference. In: Sander L. Gilman (Ed.): Race and Contemporary Medicine. Routledge, London 2007, ISBN 978-0-4157-5958-8 .
  • When Words Have Failed and Political Rhetoric Turns Stale. Race, Racism and Caste. In: Balmurli Natrajan, Paul Greenough (eds.): Against Stigma. Studies in Caste, Race and Justice Since Durban. Orient Longman Press, ISBN 978-8-1250-3600-5 , Delhi 2008.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ biography of the artist Oyoram , accessed on 12 November 2018th
personal data
SURNAME Gibel Mevorach, Katya
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gibel Azoulay, Katya
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American-Israeli anthropologist
DATE OF BIRTH June 18, 1952
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City