Memory, oblivion, and Jewish culture in Latin America / / edited by Marjorie Agosin

• Pubblicazione: Austin, : University of Texas Press, 2005
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (273 p.)
• Disciplina: 980/.004924
• Soggetto topico: Jews - Latin America - History; Sephardim - Latin America - History; Jews - Latin America - Social life and customs; Jews - Latin America; Jews - Latin America - Social conditions
• Soggetto geografico: Latin America Ethnic relations
• Altri autori: AgosinMarjorie
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Marjorie Agosín: Introduction""; ""Section I: Sephardim in Our Memory""; ""Reyes Coll-Tellechea: Remembering Sepharad""; ""Angelina Muñiz Huberman: The Sephardic Legacy""; ""Section II: Journeys""; ""David Brailovsky: Tuesday Is a Good Day""; ""Murray Baumgarten: My Panama""; ""Sandra McGee Deutsch: A Journey through My Life and Latin American Jewish Studies""; ""Section III: The Paradox of Communities""; ""Graeme S. Mount: Chile and the Nazis""; ""Diana Anhalt: ''Are You Sure They're Really Jewish?''""; ""Adina Cimet: Dancing around the Political Divide"" ; ""Section IV: A Literature of Transformation""""Naomi Lindstrom: The Heterogeneous Jewish Wit of Margo Glantz""; ""Rhonda Dahl Buchanan: Peserving the Family Album in ``Letargo'' by Perla Suez""; ""Section V: Culture, History, and Representation""; ""Stephen A. Sadow: Lamentations for the AMIA""; ""Raanan Rein: Nationalism, Education, and Identity""; ""Darrell B. Lockhart: From ``Gauchos judios'' to ``Idishe mames posmodernas''""; ""David William Foster: Gabriel Valansi""; ""Ruth Behar: WhileWaiting for the Ferry to Cuba""; ""Por Marjorie Agosín: La menora de la alegria""; ""Index""
• Sommario/riassunto: Latin America has been a refuge for Jews fleeing persecution from 1492, when Sepharad Jews were expelled from Spain, until well into the twentieth century, when European Jews sought sanctuary there from the horrors of the Nazi Holocaust. Vibrant Jewish communities have deep roots in countries such as Argentina, Mexico, Guatemala, and Chile—though members of these communities have at times experienced the pain of being "the other," ostracized by Christian society and even tortured by military governments. While commonalities of religion and culture link these communities across time and national boundaries, the Jewish experience in Latin America is irreducible to a single perspective. Only a multitude of voices can express it. This anthology gathers fifteen essays by historians, creative writers, artists, literary scholars, anthropologists, and social scientists who collectively tell the story of Jewish life in Latin America. Some of the pieces are personal tales of exile and survival; some explore Jewish humor and its role in amalgamating histories of past and present; and others look at serious episodes of political persecution and military dictatorship. As a whole, these challenging essays ask what Jewish identity is in Latin America and how it changes throughout history. They leave us to ponder the tantalizing question: Does being Jewish in the Americas speak to a transitory history or a more permanent one?
• Titolo autorizzato: Memory, oblivion, and Jewish culture in Latin America
• ISBN: 0-292-79686-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910811442103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II