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Modern Spain and the Sephardim : legitimizing identities / Maite Ojeda-Mata

Ojeda-Mata, Maite [Verfasserin/Verfasser]

Lanham ; Boulder ; New York ; London : Lexington Books, [2018] [© 2018]

xxiii, 259 Seiten : Diagramme

Englisch

Dissertation, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 2009

Includes bibliographical references and index

Erscheint auch als: Ojeda Mata, Maite, author : Modern Spain and the Sephardim. - Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2017] (Online-Ausgabe)

978-1-4985-5174-8 (cloth : alk. paper)

978-1-4985-5175-5 (ISBN der parallelen Ausgabe im Fernzugriff)

2017044493

OCoLC: 1021181212     

DS135.S7

305.892/4046     Ähnliche Literatur

Basisklassifikation: 15.66 (Spanien; Portugal) <Geschichte> ; 15.96 (Geschichte des jüdischen Volkes außerhalb des Staates Israel)

*Spanien ; Sephardim ; Geschichte 1492-2015 ; Hochschulschrift      Zum Register

LOC-SH: Sephardim -- Spain -- History ; Antisemitism -- Spain -- History ; Spain -- Ethnic relations

"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"--

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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 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