ISBN:
9789004388024
Language:
English
Pages:
VIII, 260 Seiten
Year of publication:
2018
Series Statement:
Jewish Latin America: Issues and Methods volume 11
Series Statement:
Jewish Latin America
Parallel Title:
Online version Kahan, Emmanuel Nicolás, 1977- author Memories that lie a little
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Kahan, Emmanuel Nicolás, 1977 - Memories that lie a little
DDC:
305.892/408209047
Keywords:
Antisemitism History 20th century
;
Jews History 20th century
;
Political culture History 20th century
;
Argentina Politics and government 1955-1983
;
Argentinien
;
Politisches System
;
Antisemitismus
;
Juden
;
Geschichte 1976-1983
Abstract:
"At first glance, this book might appear to be yet another study on anti-Semitism in Argentina, supplementing those portraying this Southern Cone country as a Nazi shelter and perpetrator of anti-Jewish acts. Accounts of the last military dictatorship (1976-1983), which was responsible for the disappearance of thousands of people of Jewish origin, have contributed to this image. Memories that Lie a Little, however, challenges this view, shedding new light on Jewish experiences during the military dictatorship. Based on extensive archival research, it maps the positions of a wide range of Jewish organizations toward the military regime, opening the way for a better understanding of this complex historical period. If, then, the dictatorship was not actually anti-Semitic in the strictest sense of the term, why is it remembered as such? Historical research is complemented here by a reconstruction of the ways in which the notion of the regime's anti-Semitism was crafted from early on, and an examination of its uses, as well as the changes that this narrative underwent in the following years."--
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
URL:
https://brill.com/abstract/title/36016