The 2015 law granting Spanish nationality to the descendants of Jews expelled in 1492 is the latest example of a widespread phenomenon in contemporary Spain, the "re-discovery" of its Jewish heritage.   In _The Memory Work of Jewish Spain_, Daniela Flesler and Adrián Pérez Melgosa examine the implications of reclaiming this memory through the analysis of a comprehensive range of emerging cultural practices, political initiatives and institutions in the context of the long history of Spain's ambivalence towards its Jewish past.    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.
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ISBN
9780253050113
Publisert
2021
Utgiver
Indiana University Press
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Product language
Engelsk
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Product format
Digital bok