Argentine Jews or Jewish Argentines? : essays on ethnicity, identity, and diaspora / / by Raanan Rein.

• Superior document: Jewish identities in a changing world, v. 12
• Author: Rein, Raanan, 1960-
• Utgivningsår: 2010
• Språk: English
• Serie: Jewish identities in a changing world ; v. 12.
• Fysisk beskrivning: 1 online resource (312 p.)
• Anmärkningar: Description based upon print version of record.

The essays gathered here challenge essentialist concepts and overemphasis on Jewish particularity, as well as the common discourse of Jewish victimology. At the same time, they reveal how the Jews, like other ethnic groups, are not monolithic but fragmented by place of origin, social class, political ideologies, and gender. The topics discussed include the non-political Zionism espoused by Sephardic Jews during the first half of the 20th century, Argentine neutrality during World War II, the entry of Nazi war criminals to Argentina, the regime of Juan Perón and its attitudes towards Jewish-Argentines and the state of Israel, the reactions of Jews to the anti-Semitic wave in Argentina following the kidnapping of Adolf Eichman by Mossad agents, the Latin American community in Israel, and protests by Argentine exiles in Israel against the 1978 world-cup soccer games, played in Argentina during a brutal military regime. This book is also available in paperback. \'... Argentine Jews or Jewish Argentines?: Essays on Ethnicity, Identity and Diaspora is a critical contribution encouraging more subtle approaches to studying the identities of Jewish populations in Latin America.\' Steven Hyland Jr., Wingate University

Table of Contents

Ethnicity and diaspora in twentieth-century Latin America: the Jewish case -- Searching for home abroad: Jews in Argentina and Argentines in Israel -- Complementary identities: Sephardim, Zionists, and Argentines in the interwar period -- Argentina, World War II, and the entry of Nazi war criminals -- Nationalism, education, and identity: Argentine Jews and Catholic religious instruction -- Diplomats and journalists: the image of Peronism in the Hebrew press -- A pact of oblivion: the de-Peronization of the Jewish community -- Argentine Jews and the accusation of 'dual loyalty' -- Peron's return to power as reflected in the Israeli press -- Soccer as a double-edged weapon: Argentine exiles in Israel protest against the 1978 World Cup.