Modern Spain and the Sephardim - Legitimizing Identities

Informationen zum Autor Maite Ojeda-Mata is Marie Sk¿odowska-Curie Fellow at the Parkes Institute for the Study of Jewish/Non-Jewish Relations at the University of Southampton. Klappentext This book scrutinizes the hitherto-unchallenged idea of the Sephardic identity as a mix of Spaniard and Jew. Ojeda-Mata examines the processes by which this conceptualization of the Sephardim developed from the nineteenth century onward and the consequences of this conceptualization for Sephardic Jews during World War II and in the present day. Zusammenfassung This book scrutinizes the hitherto-unchallenged idea of the Sephardic identity as a mix of Spaniard and Jew. Ojeda-Mata examines the processes by which this conceptualization of the Sephardim developed from the nineteenth century onward and the consequences of this conceptualization for Sephardic Jews during World War II and in the present day. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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

Product details

• Authors: Maite Ojeda Mata, Maite Ojeda-Mata
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.02.2018
• EAN: 9781498551748
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-5174-8
• No. of pages: 284
• Series: Lexington Studies in Modern Jewish History, Historiography, and Memory; Lexington Studies in Modern Je; Lexington Studies in Modern Jewish History, Historiography, and Memory
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Judaism; Portugal, Europe, European History, Spain, RELIGION / Judaism / General, HISTORY / Europe / General, RELIGION / Judaism / History, History of Religion, Judaism, HISTORY / Europe / Spain