The memory work of Jewish Spain

Through oral interviews, analyses of museums, newly reconfigured "Jewish quarters,excavated Jewish sites, popular festivals, tourist brochures, literature and art, The Memory Work of Jewish Spain explores what happens when these initiatives are implemented at the local level in cities and towns...

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Authors: Flesler, Daniela 1971- (Author) ; Pérez Melgosa, Adrian (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: Bloomington, Indiana Indiana University Press [2020]
In:Year: 2020
Reviews:[Rezension von: Flesler, Daniela, 1971-, The memory work of Jewish Spain] (2022) (Kandiyoti, Dalia)
Series/Journal:Indiana series in Sephardi and Mizrahi studies
Sephardi and Mizrahi Studies
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Sephardim / Coming to terms with the past
Further subjects:B Jews-Spain
B Jews (Spain)
B Culture and tourism (Spain)
B Electronic books
B Culture and tourism-Spain
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Parallel Edition:Non-electronic
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Summary:Through oral interviews, analyses of museums, newly reconfigured "Jewish quarters,excavated Jewish sites, popular festivals, tourist brochures, literature and art, The Memory Work of Jewish Spain explores what happens when these initiatives are implemented at the local level in cities and towns throughout Spain, and how they affect Spain's present.
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: The Memory Work of Jewish Spain -- 1. The Long Journey of Sephardi Myths -- 2. Tourism and the Embracing of Spain's Jewish Legacy -- 3. Loss, Rescue, and Converso Dissonances at the Sephardi Museum of Toledo -- 4. Exhibiting Jewish Heritage at the Local and Regional Levels -- 5. Memory Entanglements: Hervás's Jewish Inheritance and the Francoist Repression -- 6. Returns to Sepharad -- Conclusion: Memory and the Future -- Works Cited -- Index -- About the Author.
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ISBN:0253050111