{"product_id":"the-memory-work-of-jewish-spain-hardback-9780253050106","title":"The Memory Work of Jewish Spain (Hardback) 9780253050106","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Memory Work of Jewish Spain\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eDaniela Flesler (Author), Adrián Pérez Melgosa (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780253050106\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 8 December 2020\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e390 pages, 49 b\u0026amp;w illus. - 49 Illustrations, black and white\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.658 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003ea wide-ranging book that analyzes the ways in which public imaginary has taken form in heritage sites throughout Spain.\u003c\/p\u003e (Sephardic Horizons) \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Memory Work of Jewish Spain \u003c\/i\u003edoes more than fill a crucial gap. It is a breakthrough in both Spanish and Jewish studies, modeling new paths in memory and heritage studies with its thorough and illuminating assessment of Spain's current engagement with its Jewish past.\u003c\/p\u003e - Dalia Kandiyoti - College of Staten Island, CUNY (AJS Review) \u003cp\u003eIt is an extremely rich volume relating with wit and depth to the most up-to-date research, with insights and contributions nurtured by in-situ observations and encounters with some of the protagonists of the complex and elusive stories that fill out its pages.\u003c\/p\u003e - Esra Almas - Bilkent University (Studies in Contemporary Jewry) \u003cp\u003eMany of the efforts in Spain to reconnect with its Jewish past, especially focusing on the growing visibility of Jewish locations, associations, buildings, and activities, are documented and analyzed in \u003ci\u003eThe Memory Work of Jewish Spain\u003c\/i\u003e. An underlying question throughout is the impact of, as the authors point out, the Jewish past which has not been forgotten on Spanish culture. Thus, the authors grapple with understanding the significance of spaces that were Jewish long ago. In addition, they illustrate how several intersecting facets, the Jewish history with the more recent and tangible impact of the Civil War\/Franco years, impact the re-creation of memory. The rich text is complemented generously by the equally rich endnotes closing each chapter. Full of commentary, they also serve as a valuable source of additional information.\u003c\/p\u003e - Annette Fromm (H-NET Reviews Humanities \u0026amp; Social Sciences)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Memory Work of Jewish Spain\u003c\/i\u003e, 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. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThrough oral interviews, analyses of museums, newly reconfigured \"Jewish quarters,\" excavated Jewish sites, popular festivals, tourist brochures, literature and art, \u003ci\u003eThe Memory Work of Jewish Spain\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: The Memory Work of Jewish Spain\u003cbr\u003e1. The Long Journey of Sephardi Myths \u003cbr\u003e2. Tourism and the Embracing of Spain's Jewish Legacy\u003cbr\u003e3. Loss, Rescue, and Converso Dissonances at the Sephardi Museum of Toledo\u003cbr\u003e4. Exhibiting Jewish Heritage at the Local and Regional Levels \u003cbr\u003e5. Memory Entanglements: Hervás's Jewish Inheritance and the Francoist Repression\u003cbr\u003e6. Returns to Sepharad \u003cbr\u003eConclusion: Memory and the Future\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52525312114968,"sku":"9780253050106","price":60.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-memory-work-of-jewish-spain-hardback-9780253050106","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}