Title: Modern Spain and the Sephardim : legitimizing identities /
Authors: Ojeda-Mata, Maite
Year: 2017
Subjects: Sephardim Spain History.; Jews Spain; Antisemitism Spain History.; Antisemitism; Ethnic relations; Sephardim; Spain Ethnic relations.; Spain
Abstract: "This book scrutinizes the hitherto-unchallenged idea of the Sephardic identity as a mix of Spaniard and Jew. Ojeda-Mata examines the processes by which this conceptualization of the Sephardim developed from the nineteenth century onward and the consequences of this conceptualization for Sephardic Jews during World War II and in the present day"--
Contents: Introduction: On legitimizing identities -- 1. The legacy of modernity for the Jews in Spain -- 2. The Sephardim and Spanish colonialism in Morocco and the Eastern Mediterranean -- 3. Sephardic Jews in Spain -- 4. The management of socio-religious differences -- 5. Persecution and expulsion during the early years of the Franco dictatorship -- 6. Spain and the Sephardim during World War II -- 7. Epilogue: The 2015 law granting Spanish citizenship to Sephardic Jews of Spanish origin.