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Coming of Age as Syrian Jewish Mexicans is a linguistic ethnography of Shami and Halebi Jews in contemporary Mexico City. Through a focus on language in everyday life – including narrative, humor, and Arabic and Hebrew “heritage words” - the book explores how young adults negotiate oft-stigmatized, diasporic identities amid national shifts toward neoliberalism and the transnational expansion of Jewish ultra-Orthodoxy. Accessible yet richly theorized, the book introduces linguistic anthropological concepts and guides readers through their application to audiovisual data. This innovative approach promotes empathetic understanding of a lesser-known Jewish Latin American context and opens new lines of inquiry into the phenomenon of diaspora in a rapidly changing world.

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Evelyn María Dean-Olmsted is a linguistic anthropologist whose academic work explores the interplay of language, social identity, and broader structural factors. She serves on the advisory board of the The Jewish Language Project and is active in the Latin American Jewish Studies Association (LAJSA). Her professional experience spans higher education, applied research, community engagement, and research communications.

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