Jewish Literatures in Spanish and Portuguese: A Comprehensive Handbook

This Volume Offers A Thorough Introduction To Jewish World Literatures In Spanish And Portuguese, Which Not Only Addresses The Coexistence Of Cultures, But Also The Functions Of A Literary And Linguistic Space Of Negotiation In This Context. From The Middle Ages To Present Day, The Compendium Explores The Main Jewish Chapters Within Spanish- And Portuguese-language World Literature, Whether From Europe, Latin America, Or Other Parts Of The World. No Comprehensive Survey Of This Area Has Been Undertaken So Far. Yet Only A Broad Focus Of This Kind Can Show How Diasporic Jewish Literatures Have Been (and Are ) – While Closely Tied To Their Own Traditions – Deeply Intertwined With Local And Global Literary Developments; And How The Aesthetic Praxis They Introduced Played A Decisive, Formative Role In The History Of Literature. With This Epistemic Claim, The Volume Aims At Steering Clear Of Isolationist Approaches To Jewish Literatures. Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- I Medieval Constellations -- 1 Jewish And Converso History In Medieval Spain: The Castilian Case -- 2 The Poetry Of Sefarad: Secular And Liturgical Hebrew Verse In Medieval Iberia -- 3 The Kharadjāt -- 4 Jews And Conversos In Spanish Cancioneros And Portuguese Cancioneiros (c. 1350–1520) -- Ii Early Modern Contexts -- 5 1492–1700: Early Modern Iberian-jewish Cultural History -- 6 Converso Spectres: The Lessons And Challenges Of Spanish ‘golden Age’ Prose -- 7 From The Iberian Peninsula Into The World: Leone Ebreo’s Dialoghi D’amore And The ‘occidental’ Concept Of Love -- 8 The Literature Of The Western Sephardim -- 9 Jews In The History And Culture Of The Caribbean -- Iii The Eighteenth And The Nineteenth Centuries -- 10 The Iberian Diasporas In The Eighteenth And Nineteenth Centuries -- 11 Conversos In Colonial Hispanic America -- Iv The Twentieth Century -- 12 The Twentieth Century In Iberian And Latin American History -- 13 Contemporary Jewish Literatures Of Spain -- 14 Mapping Twentieth Century Sephardic Literature -- 15 Jewish-brazilian Literatures -- 16 Jewish-mexican Literatures: Ashkenazic Tradition And Culture -- 17 Sephardic Writing In Mexico -- 18 Jewish Literatures From The Rio De La Plata Region (twentieth Century) -- V Contemporary Contexts -- 19 Historiography And Literary Essays On Latin American Jews In The New Millennium -- 20 Contemporary Jewish Narrative In Twentyfirst Century Latin America -- 21 Writing Cuban Belonging Through Jewish Eyes -- Index Ed. By Ruth Fine, Susanne Zepp. Issued Also In Print. Mode Of Access: Internet Via World Wide Web. In English.