The invention of the Jewish gaucho : Villa Clara and the construction of Argentine identity / Judith Noemi Freidenberg ; foreword by June Nash.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Freidenberg, Judith.

Series:

Jewish history, life, and culture.

Jewish history, life, and culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jews--Argentina--Clara--History.

Jews.

Gauchos--Argentina--Clara--History.

Gauchos.

Oral history--Argentina--Clara.

Oral history.

Jews--Argentina--Clara--Identity.

National characteristics, Argentine--History.

National characteristics, Argentine.

Europe, Eastern--Emigration and immigration--History.

Europe, Eastern.

Argentina--Emigration and immigration--History.

Argentina.

Entre Ríos (Argentina)--Emigration and immigration--History.

Entre Ríos (Argentina).

Clara (Argentina)--Ethnic relations.

Clara (Argentina).

Clara (Argentina)--Social conditions.

Physical Description:

xx, 184 p. : ill., maps.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Austin : University of Texas Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

No detailed description available for "The Invention of the Jewish Gaucho".

Contents:

Social memory as part of Villa Clara's history

Entre Rios, 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.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-292-79515-7

OCLC:

560655365