Articoli correlati a Masks in the Mirror: Marranism in Jewish Experience
Sinossi
Sephardic Jews who voluntarily or forcibly converted to Catholicism in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries to avoid persecution or expulsion were known as conversos or New Christians. Some tried to live the double life of a Crypto-Jew, outwardly embracing Christianity while secretly maintaining Jewish practices. Others were in a state that was neither Jewish nor Christian, and, as painful and humiliating as it was, these Marranos (a term for conversos that became abusive), actually created a new kind of modern personality. By tracing the usage of this disparaging term, Masks in the Mirror also explores the nature of the historical circumstances as it becomes evident that anyone living under these circumstances - constantly threatened and persecuted by the Inquisition and suspected of being heretics and untrustworthy by their Christian colleagues and neighbors - could be driven to a state of madness. Focusing on families and childrearing, this book attempts to grasp the structures of feeling that created such madness, which while debilitating could often be creative and exciting, especially among poets, playwrights, and novelists. It looks at the play of masks, the secrecy and the illusion, that Marranos experienced daily, which some attempted to exorcise in their writings, and it explores the possibility of applying the concept of Marranism generically.
Le informazioni nella sezione "Riassunto" possono far riferimento a edizioni diverse di questo titolo.
- EditorePeter Lang Pub Inc
- Data di pubblicazione2005
- ISBN 10 0820481203
- ISBN 13 9780820481203
- RilegaturaCopertina rigida
- Numero edizione1
- Numero di pagine144
Compra nuovo
Scopri di più su questo articolo
EUR 77,40
Spese di spedizione:
EUR 23,00
Da: Germania a: U.S.A.
I migliori risultati di ricerca su AbeBooks
Foto dell'editore
Masks in the Mirror
Da: Plum Books, St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
Valutazione del venditore 5 su 5 stelle
VG/no dust jacket NEW hardcover,pages clean,tight,no dust jacket as issued,penciled price on endpaper. Codice articolo 61209
Quantità: 1 disponibili
Immagini fornite dal venditore
Masks in the Mirror
Editore:
Peter Lang Ltd. International Academic Publishers Dez 2005, 2005
ISBN 10: 0820481203
ISBN 13: 9780820481203
Nuovo
Rilegato
Da: BuchWeltWeit Ludwig Meier e.K., Bergisch Gladbach, Germania
Valutazione del venditore 5 su 5 stelle
Buch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Sephardic Jews who voluntarily or forcibly converted to Catholicism in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries to avoid persecution or expulsion were known as conversos or New Christians. Some tried to live the double life of a Crypto-Jew, outwardly embracing Christianity while secretly maintaining Jewish practices. Others were in a state that was neither Jewish nor Christian, and, as painful and humiliating as it was, these Marranos (a term for conversos that became abusive), actually created a new kind of modern personality. By tracing the usage of this disparaging term, Masks in the Mirror also explores the nature of the historical circumstances as it becomes evident that anyone living under these circumstances - constantly threatened and persecuted by the Inquisition and suspected of being heretics and untrustworthy by their Christian colleagues and neighbors - could be driven to a state of madness. Focusing on families and childrearing, this book attempts to grasp the structures of feeling that created such madness, which while debilitating could often be creative and exciting, especially among poets, playwrights, and novelists. It looks at the play of masks, the secrecy and the illusion, that Marranos experienced daily, which some attempted to exorcise in their writings, and it explores the possibility of applying the concept of Marranism generically. 144 pp. Englisch. Codice articolo 9780820481203
Quantità: 2 disponibili
Immagini fornite dal venditore
Masks in the Mirror : Marranism in Jewish Experience
Da: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Germania
Valutazione del venditore 5 su 5 stelle
Buch. Condizione: Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - Sephardic Jews who voluntarily or forcibly converted to Catholicism in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries to avoid persecution or expulsion were known as conversos or New Christians. Some tried to live the double life of a Crypto-Jew, outwardly embracing Christianity while secretly maintaining Jewish practices. Others were in a state that was neither Jewish nor Christian, and, as painful and humiliating as it was, these Marranos (a term for conversos that became abusive), actually created a new kind of modern personality. By tracing the usage of this disparaging term, Masks in the Mirror also explores the nature of the historical circumstances as it becomes evident that anyone living under these circumstances - constantly threatened and persecuted by the Inquisition and suspected of being heretics and untrustworthy by their Christian colleagues and neighbors - could be driven to a state of madness. Focusing on families and childrearing, this book attempts to grasp the structures of feeling that created such madness, which while debilitating could often be creative and exciting, especially among poets, playwrights, and novelists. It looks at the play of masks, the secrecy and the illusion, that Marranos experienced daily, which some attempted to exorcise in their writings, and it explores the possibility of applying the concept of Marranism generically. Codice articolo 9780820481203
Quantità: 2 disponibili