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Record Nr.

UNINA9910456196603321

Autore

Freidenberg Judith

Titolo

The invention of the Jewish gaucho [[electronic resource] ] : Villa Clara and the construction of Argentine identity / / Judith Noemí Freidenberg ; foreword by June Nash

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Austin, : University of Texas Press, 2009

ISBN

0-292-79515-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

xx, 184 p. : ill., maps

Collana

Jewish history, life, and culture

Disciplina

307.76/208992408221

Soggetti

Jews - Argentina - Clara - History

Gauchos - Argentina - Clara - History

Oral history - Argentina - Clara

Jews - Argentina - Clara - Identity

National characteristics, Argentine - History

Electronic books.

Europe, Eastern Emigration and immigration History

Argentina Emigration and immigration History

Entre Ríos (Argentina) Emigration and immigration History

Clara (Argentina) Ethnic relations

Clara (Argentina) Social conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Social memory as part of Villa Clara's history -- Entre Ríos, mi pais : immigrants becoming Argentine in a province -- Colonia Clara and the emergence of the "Jewish gauchos" (1892-1902) -- From Jewish gauchos to gaucho Jews : regional economic development and intercultural relations at the end of the nineteenth century -- The rise and demise of Jewish Villa Clara (1902-1930s) -- Rural depopulation and the emergence of a multiethnic and socially stratified landscape in Villa Clara (1940s-1990s) -- The present as politicized past : legitimizing social structure through heritage (1990s-2000s) -- Epilogue: The Jewish gaucho revisited.