Sephardic journeys
Travel, Place and Conceptions of Identity
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12662001 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jessica Vance Roitman (0000-0003-2908-2364, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue | 1-2 |
| Pages | 208-228 |
| Publication date | 2009-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Jewish Culture and History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1462-169X • E-ISSN: 2167-9428 |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/1462169x.2009.10512125 |
| OpenAlex | W2001688648 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 7 |
This essay will discuss two kinds of journeys—one actual and one metaphorical. The journeys made by Sephardic merchants between Europe, West Africa and the Spanish American colonies will be examined, along with the concept of journeying itself within the context of the early modern world. What will also be discussed is the manner in which two specific Sephardic merchant families originally from Portugal—the Fidalgo and the Gramaxo—acted and reacted to the stigmatising factor of Jewish ancestry. One family made a journey towards the open practice of Judaism while the other journeyed away from their Jewish ancestry and toward incorporation into the Catholic Christian elite. The factors that led to these very different responses to issues of cultural and religious identity will be explored
Aesthetics · Archaeology · Art · Context (archaeology · Elite · Ethnology · Genealogy · Identity (music · Judaism · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Anthropology · Early Modern Spanish Literature · Hispanic-African Historical Relations · History · Law · Sephardic Jews and Inquisition Studies
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,14 |
| Citation span | 2012 - 2018 (7) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |