Modern Spain and the Sephardim : legitimizing identities /

Modern Spain and the Sephardim : legitimizing identities /

"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 Sephar...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ojeda-Mata, Maite (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2018]
Series:Lexington studies in modern Jewish history, historiography, and memory
Subjects:
Sephardim > Spain > History.
Antisemitism > Spain > History.
Antisemitism.
Ethnic relations.
Sephardim.
Spain > Ethnic relations.
Spain.
History.
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Summary:"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"--
Physical Description:xxiii, 259 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-246) and index.
ISBN:9781498551748
1498551742