An invaluable cultural document shaped from a personal exploration, through the lives of four generations of Baghdadi Jewish women, of a social and cultural history of Baghdadi Jews in Calcutta, India. The author discovers, through the lives of her foremothers, how, despite being widely dispersed across Asia, they ‘dwelled in travelling’, creating a moving geography of Baghdadi Jewish culture. We see how they negotiate multiple identities, including that of ...
