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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Format: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Lanham, Maryland :
Lexington Books,
[2018]
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Series: | Lexington studies in modern Jewish history, historiography, and memory
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Table of Contents:
- 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 Mediterranean
- 3. Sephardic Jews in Spain
- 4. The management of socio-religious differences
- 5. Persecution and expulsion during the early years of the Franco dictatorship
- 6. Spain and the Sephardim during World War II
- 7. Epilogue: The 2015 law granting Spanish citizenship to Sephardic Jews of Spanish origin.