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Reparative citizenship for Sephardi descendants : returning to the Jewish past in Spain and Portugal
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"In 2015, both Portugal and Spain passed laws enabling descendants of Sephardi Jews to obtain citizenship, an historic offer of reconciliation for Jews who were forced to undergo conversions or exp...
"In 2015, both Portugal and Spain passed laws enabling descendants of Sephardi Jews to obtain citizenship, an historic offer of reconciliation for Jews who were forced to undergo conversions or expelled from Iberia nearly half a millennia ago. Drawing from scholarly and first-person essays, Reparative Citizenship for Sephardi Descendants analyzes the memory and afterlives of those who were wronged, and how reconciliatory rights impact the lives of those affected"--
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- Creator
- edited by Dalia Kandiyoti and Rina Benmayor
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
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- New York : Berghahn, 2023
- ©2023
- Physical Details
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- xi, 331 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 9781800738249, 1800738250, 1800738242, 9781800738256
- OCLC
- on1341210965, on1354208220
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Introduction. Sephardi Jews, citizenship, and reparation in historical context / Dalia Kandiyoti and Rina Benmayor, page 1 -- 1. "Reparative citizenship" : confronting injustices of the past or building modern nationalisms? / Alfons Aragoneses, page 37 -- 2. Beyond reparatory justice : the Portuguese "Law of Return" as nation branding / Isabel David and Gabriela Anouck Côrte-Real Pinto, page 53 -- 3. Reparations in Spanish parliamentary debates about the 2015 nationality law for descendents of Sephardi Jews / Davide Aliberti, page 73 -- 4. Personal essay : passport to the past, passport to the future / Colette Capriles, page 94 -- 5. "Spaniards we were, Spaniards we are, and Spaniards we will be" : Salonica's Sephardic Jews and the instrumentalization of the Spanish past, 1898-1944 / Devin E. Naar, page 107 -- 6. "Spanish Jews" and "Friendly Muslims" : the historical absence of a citizenship campaign for Muslims of Iberian descent / Elisabeth Bolorinos Allard, page 137 -- 7. Personal essay : the story of a Spanish Dönme / Uluç Özüyener, page 153 -- 8. Moriscos Andalusíes : historical reparation, reconciliation, and the duty of memory / Elena Argita and Laura Galián, page 166 -- 9. Negotiating historical redress : the Spanish Law of Nationality for Sephardi Descendents and Spain's Jewish communities / Daniela Flesler and Michal Rose Friedman, page 183 -- 10. Personal essay : "Congratulations, you are Portuguese!" Reflections on identity and nationality / Rita Ender, page 202 -- 11. Personal essay : Sefarad postponed / Ruth Behar, page 213 -- 12. "La nostalgia de Sefarad tira mucho, pero no tanto" : attachment, sentiment, and the ethics of refusal / Charles A. McDonald, page 223 -- 13. Affective citizenship and Iberian Sephardi descendants / Rina Benmayor, page 238 -- 14. Descendants of Conversos in the Americas : the ancestral past, Sephardi identity, and citizenship in Spain and Portugal / Dalia Kandiyoti, page 257 -- 15. Portuguese citizenship for Brazilian descendants of Sephardic Jews : a netnography / Marina Pignatelli, page 277 -- Appendix. Certifying origins of Sephardic descendants in Portugal : a snapshot of the evaluation process / Teresa Santos and Heraldo Bento, page 295 -- 16. Personal essay : the fez in the water -- exile and return / Victor Silverman, page 304 -- Coda. Directions in citizenship and historical repair / page 315
Subjects
- Sephardim -- Reparations -- Spain.
- Sephardim -- Reparations -- Portugal.
- Reparation (Criminal justice) -- Spain.
- Reparation (Criminal justice) -- Portugal.
- Restorative justice -- Spain.
- Restorative justice -- Portugal.
- Citizenship -- Spain.
- Citizenship -- Portugal.
- Jews -- Iberian Peninsula -- History.