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Record Nr.

UNINA9910151624203321

Autore

Brodsky Adriana Mariel <1967->

Titolo

Sephardi, Jewish, Argentine : Community and National Identity, 1880-1960 / / Adriana M. Brodsky

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bloomington and Indianapolis : , : Indiana University Press, , [2016]

©2016

ISBN

0-253-02319-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (299 pages)

Collana

Indiana series in Sephardi and Mizrahi Studies

Disciplina

305.800982

Soggetti

Sephardim - Argentina - History

Mizrahim - Cultural assimilation - Argentina

Mizrahim - Argentina - Social life and customs

Mizrahim - Argentina - History - 20th century

Mizrahim - Argentina - History - 19th century

Jews - Argentina - History - 20th century

Jews - Argentina - History - 19th century

Argentina Ethnic relations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover -- SEPHARDI, JEWISH, ARGENTINE -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Note about Translation and Transliteration -- Note on Previously Published Material -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 Burying the Dead: Cemeteries, Walls, and Jewish Identity in Early Twentieth-Century Argentina -- 2 Helping the Living: Philanthropy and the Boundaries of Sephardi Communities in Argentina -- 3 The Limits of Community: Unsuccessful Attempts at Creating Single Sephardi Organizations -- 4 Working for the Homeland: Zionism and the Creation of an "Argentine" Sephardi Community after 1920 -- 5 Becoming Argentine, Becoming Jewish, Becoming and Remaining Sephardi: Jewish Women and Identity in Twentieth-Century Argentina -- 6 Marriages and Schools: Living within Multiple Borders -- Postscript -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

Rather than assume that Sephardi identity was fixed and unchanging,



Brodsky highlights the strategic nature of this identity, constructed both from within the various Sephardi groups and from the outside, and reveals that Jewish identity must be understood as part of the process of becoming Argentine.