Modern Spain and the Sephardim

Legitimizing Identities

Inbunden, Engelska, 2017

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Modern Spain and the Sephardim: Legitimizing Identities addresses the legal, political, symbolic, and conceptual consequences of the development of a new framework of relations between the Spanish state and the descendants of the Jews expelled from the Iberian kingdoms in 1492 from its beginnings in the nineteenth century to its unexpected consequences during World War II. This book aims to understand and explain the unchallenged idea of the Sephardim as a mix of Spaniard and Jew that emerged in Spain in the second half of the nineteenth century. Maite Ojeda-Mata examines the processes that led to this ambivalent conceptualization of Sephardic identity, as both Spanish and Jewish, and its consequences for the Sephardic Jews.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2017-12-20
Mått159 x 237 x 24 mm
Vikt544 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieBloomsbury Studies in Modern Jewish History, Historiography, and Memory
Antal sidor284
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN9781498551748

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Religion: allmänt inom Filosofi och religion
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Introduction: On Legitimizing Identities 1. The Legacy of Modernity for the Jews in Spain 2. The Sephardim and Spanish Colonialism in Morocco and the Eastern Mediterranean3. Sephardic Jews in Spain4. The Management of Socio-Religious Differences5. Persecution and Expulsion during the Early Years of the Franco Dictatorship6. Spain and the Sephardim during World War II7. Epilogue: The 2015 Law Granting Spanish Citizenship to Sephardic Jews of “Spanish Origin”Conclusion

This publication contributes greatly to the breadth of contemporary Sephardic scholarship by dedicating several chapters to relatively unknown subjects, such as the Jewish community in Barcelona and the treatment of Sephardic Freemasons in Spain. . . . The nuanced manner with which Ojeda-Mata treats the complicated subject of Spanish relations with the Sephardim within its borders, in the protectorate, and in Europe is valuable for the future of Sephardic studies. . . Her sources are impeccably cited and amply explained in extensive notes at the end of each chapter and a long bibliography. The strength of this volume is the concrete nature of all of the data, which often comes directly from primary sources. Ojeda-Mata does not generalize the intricacies of the often-convoluted relationships between Spain and Sephardic Jews. Modern Spain and the Sephardim is sure to become a touchstone in Sephardic studies for years to come.