Making Italian Jews

Carlotta Ferrara degli Uberti is Lecturer in Italian History at University College London, UK. She has published extensively on topics of Italian Jewish history.

• 1. The Jew of the Past and the Jew of the Present.- PART I: JEWS IN PRIVATE/; RITUALS AND RULES OF BELONGING.- 2. In the Family.- 3. Boundary Lines: The Body in Religion and Science.- PART II: JEWS IN PUBLIC: FELLOW CITIZENS AND COMPATRIOTS.- 4. Individual Liberties and Community Ties.- 5. Plural Identities in the Age of Nationalisms.- Conclusion.

“This comprehensive portrait of Italian Jewry between 1861 and 1918 sets itself to become a point of reference not only for the study of  contemporary Italian Judaism, but also for the wider fields of contemporary Italian and European history. … Focusing on both literary and documentary sources, the book deploys a novel approach that allows for innovative perspectives on Italian Jewry and provides an excellent point of departure for long-overdue further analyses.” (Alessandro Grazi, Annali d’italianistica, Vol. 35, 2017)