The memory work of Jewish Spain / Daniela Flesler and Adrián Pérez Melgosa.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Flesler, Daniela, 1971- author.

Pérez Melgosa, Adrián, author.

Series:

Indiana series in Sephardi and Mizrahi studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jews--Spain.

Jews.

Collective memory.

Jewish museums.

Culture and tourism.

Spain.

Culture and tourism--Spain.

Jewish museums--Spain.

Spain--Civilization--Jewish influences.

Civilization.

Sephardim.

Collective memory--Spain.

Civilization--Jewish influences.

Physical Description:

xi, 373 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, [2020]

Summary:

"Recent surveys in Spain reveal that most Spaniards know little about the country's Jewish past, know no Jews, and in fact, have negative opinions about Jews in general. In The Memory Work of Jewish Spain, Daniela Flesler and Adrián Pérez Melgosa explore new trends and activities aimed at reclaiming and reconnecting with Spain's Jewish heritage. They examine how local and national organizations have funded educational activities, conferences, museum exhibitions, archaeological digs, and film festivals, as well as research into the Ladino language, in an attempt to spark interest in Spain's Jewish past and to promote Jewish tourism. The Memory Work of Jewish Spain charts the landscape of reconstruction of Jewish space in Spain, how this space functions as part of its collective memory, and what these personal and national connections mean for the Jewish past and Spain's future"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

The long journey of Sephardi myths

Tourism and the embracing of Spain's Jewish legacy

Loss, rescue, and converso dissonances at the Sephardi Museum of Toledo

Exhibiting Jewish heritage at the local and regional levels

Memory entanglements: Hervás's Jewish inheritance and the Francoist repression

Returns to Sepharad.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

National Jewish Book Awards - Sephardic Culture, Winner, 2021

Other Format:

Online version: Flesler, Daniela, The memory work of Jewish Spain

ISBN:

9780253050106

0253050103

9780253050120

025305012X

OCLC:

1129101676