03731nam 2200685 a 450 991045780230332120220218170009.01-61811-032-210.1515/9781618110329(CKB)2550000000063410(OCoLC)769188627(CaPaEBR)ebrary10509041(SSID)ssj0000565417(PQKBManifestationID)12211933(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000565417(PQKBWorkID)10532882(PQKB)10478300(MiAaPQ)EBC3110416(DE-B1597)540994(DE-B1597)9781618110329(Au-PeEL)EBL3110416(CaPaEBR)ebr10509041(CaONFJC)MIL574358(OCoLC)922977821(EXLCZ)99255000000006341020090105d2009 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrMarranos on the moradas[electronic resource] secret Jews and Penitentes in the southwestern United States, from 1590 to 1890 /Norman SimmsBoston Academic Studies Press20091 online resource (519 p.)Judaism and Jewish lifeBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph1-934843-32-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.Frontmatter --Contents --Introduction --Chapter I. What Did the Penitentes Really Do? --Chapter II. Marranos, Penitentes, and the Baroque Anamorphoses in Action --Chapter III. The Machinery of Secrets and the Machinations of Silence: Conspiracies, Contraptions and Ludibria --Chapter IV. Crosscurrents and Undercurrents --Chapter V. Penitentes and the Crazy Things They Do: Or, How to Be Jewish and Christian at the Same Time --Chapter VI. Festivals of Blood Here and Bloody Trials There: Playing Roles and Rolling Along --Chapter VII. Reaching Towards a Conclusion and Some New Questions --Chapter VIII. Epilogue --Bibliography --IndexTwo groups were persecuted over the course of four hundred years in what is now the southwestern United States, each dissimulating and disguising who they truly were. Both now declare their true identities, yet raise hostility. The Penitentes are a lay Catholic brotherhood that practices bloody rites of self-flagellation and crucifixion, but claim this is a misrepresentation and that they are a community and a charitable organization. Marranos, an ambiguous and complicated population of Sephardic descendants, claim to be anousim. Both peoples have a complex, shared history. This book disentangles the web, redefines the terms, and creates new contexts in which these groups are viewed with respect and sympathy without idealizing or slandering them. Simms uses rabbinics, literary analyses, psychohistory, and cultural anthropology to consolidate a history of mentalities.Judaism and Jewish life.Crypto-JewsSouthwest, NewHistoryJewsSouthwest, NewHistoryCrypto-JewsReligious lifeSouthwest, NewCrypto-JewsSouthwest, NewSocial life and customsSouthwest, NewReligious life and customsElectronic books.Crypto-JewsHistory.JewsHistory.Crypto-JewsReligious lifeCrypto-JewsSocial life and customs.979/.004924Simms Norman Toby853731MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910457802303321Marranos on the moradas2471608UNINA