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

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Language:
English
Imprint:
1st ed. - Austin : University of Texas Press, 2005.
Format:
  • Book
  • xxii, 248 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
  • Section I. Sephardim in Our MemoryReyes Coll-Tellechea, Remembering Sepharad-- Angelina Muniz Huberman, The Sephardic LegacySection II. JourneysDavid Brailovsky, Tuesday Is a Good Day-- Murray Baumgarten, My Panama-- Sandra McGee Deutsch, A Journey through My Life and Latin American Jewish StudiesSection III. The Paradox of CommunitiesGraeme Mount, Chile and the Nazis-- Diana Anhalt, Are You Sure They're Really Jewish? A Selective History of Mexico City's Beth Israel Community Center-- Adina Cimet, Dancing around the Political Divide: Between the and the in the Mexican Jewish CommunitySection IV. A Literature of TransformationNaomi Lindstrom, The Heterogeneous Jewish Wit of Margo Glantz-- Rhonda Dahl Buchanan, Preserving the Family Album in Letargo by Perla SuezSection V. Culture, History, and RepresentationStephen A. Sadow, Lamentations for the AMIA: Literary Responses to Communal Trauma-- Raanan Rein, Nationalism, Education, and Identity: Argentine Jews and Catholic Religious Instruction, 1943-1955-- Darrell B. Lockhart, From Gauchos judios to Idishe mames posmodernas: Popular Jewish Culture in Buenos Aires-- David William Foster, Gabriel Valansi: Neoliberal Nights in Buenos Aires-- Ruth Behar, While Waiting for the Ferry to Cuba: Afterthoughts about Adio Kerida.
  • (source: Nielsen Book Data)
Publisher's Summary:
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?
(source: Nielsen Book Data)
Contributor:
Agosín, Marjorie.
Subjects:
ISBN:
029270643X
0292706677
9780292706439
9780292706675

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