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
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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.