Bnei anoussim em comunidades virtuais no Orkut: tensões e conflitos em torno da identidade judaica

Abstract

This thesis seeks to cast a glance on the tensions and conflicts of identity of the descendants of new-christians - bnei anoussim- from the interactions produced in some communities in Orkut (as a phenomenon and an object of communicational investigation with media procedural characterizations). Tensions occur within social relationships and assertion of their social, cultural and religious identity revealing aspects of sometimes jewish, sometimes christian origin. Conflicts emerge when bnei anoussim, on asserting themselves Jews, find no legitimacy within the Jewish communities. As they refute the Christian tradition, bnei anoussimfaced with the dilemma of the conversion (which implies the denying of their ancestors’ history and cultural tradition) to Judaism and trying along with the Jewish communities to be accepted as returned, accepted as Jews who, for some reason unrelated to his will or necessity and condition, remained distant from Judaism. Then, aims to weave together the fields of Communication, Religion, History, Anthropology and Sociology, with emphasis on Communication, in order to produce know ledge to explain the relevance of communication and media processes not only on the issue of identity between jews and bnei anoussimbut also on the configuration of an important and articulated knowledge to other areas involved.