Jewish Traditions in Latin American Context ‒ The Creation of an Intercultural Diaspora in Argentina: from the Notion of “Melting Pot” to Contemporary Identity Politics

Autores
Fischman, Fernando Damián
Año de publicación
2021
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inglés
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artículo
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versión publicada
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This article explores sociocultural and political changes in Argentina that allowed for the passage from the practice of Jewish rituals in private to the display of traditional expressive forms in public. Focusing on personal narratives from children of Jewish immigrants to Argentina about their childhood experiences in the 1930s and 40s and on festival celebrations performed currently in the streets of Buenos Aires, I analyze the implications of the contextualization of traditional practices, originally performed within the collective?s boundaries to their open exhibition to society at large.I begin by presenting some of the narratives about the WWII pre war and war period in Argentina that I collected in the 1990s. Then, I examine street performance events that began to be staged at the same time by Jewish organizations in conjunction with celebrations derived from the identity politics that started to be in place in those years. I thus contrast the narratives about the public expression of Jewish identity in the first half of the XXth century with the contemporary discursive expressions through which Jewish culture is explicitly put on display. The concept of ?performance? provides the analytical framework, and the analysis focuses on the social and political implications of such staging for the shaping of new expressive forms related both to a precedent diasporic Jewish culture and to the intercultural dialogues accomplished in contemporary Argentine society.
Fil: Fischman, Fernando Damián. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Saavedra 15. Instituto de Investigaciones Sociales de América Latina. - Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales. Instituto de Investigaciones Sociales de América Latina; Argentina
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IDENTITY POLITICS
ARGENTINE JEWS
JEWISH-ARGENTINE FOLKLORE
DIVERSITY
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spelling Jewish Traditions in Latin American Context ‒ The Creation of an Intercultural Diaspora in Argentina: from the Notion of “Melting Pot” to Contemporary Identity PoliticsФолклористика : часопис Удружења фолклориста СрбијеFischman, Fernando DamiánIDENTITY POLITICSARGENTINE JEWSJEWISH-ARGENTINE FOLKLOREDIVERSITYhttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/6.5https://purl.org/becyt/ford/6This article explores sociocultural and political changes in Argentina that allowed for the passage from the practice of Jewish rituals in private to the display of traditional expressive forms in public. Focusing on personal narratives from children of Jewish immigrants to Argentina about their childhood experiences in the 1930s and 40s and on festival celebrations performed currently in the streets of Buenos Aires, I analyze the implications of the contextualization of traditional practices, originally performed within the collective?s boundaries to their open exhibition to society at large.I begin by presenting some of the narratives about the WWII pre war and war period in Argentina that I collected in the 1990s. Then, I examine street performance events that began to be staged at the same time by Jewish organizations in conjunction with celebrations derived from the identity politics that started to be in place in those years. I thus contrast the narratives about the public expression of Jewish identity in the first half of the XXth century with the contemporary discursive expressions through which Jewish culture is explicitly put on display. The concept of ?performance? provides the analytical framework, and the analysis focuses on the social and political implications of such staging for the shaping of new expressive forms related both to a precedent diasporic Jewish culture and to the intercultural dialogues accomplished in contemporary Argentine society.Fil: Fischman, Fernando Damián. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Saavedra 15. Instituto de Investigaciones Sociales de América Latina. - Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales. Instituto de Investigaciones Sociales de América Latina; ArgentinaSerbian Folklore Association2021-12info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/170958Fischman, Fernando Damián; Jewish Traditions in Latin American Context ‒ The Creation of an Intercultural Diaspora in Argentina: from the Notion of “Melting Pot” to Contemporary Identity Politics; Serbian Folklore Association; Folkloristika; 6; 2; 12-2021; 187-2092560-44142560-3191CONICET DigitalCONICETenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.18485/folk.2021.6.2.9info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/http://doi.fil.bg.ac.rs/volume.php?pt=journals&issue=folk-2021-6-2&i=9info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2025-09-03T09:51:27Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/170958instacron:CONICETInstitucionalhttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/Organismo científico-tecnológicoNo correspondehttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/oai/requestdasensio@conicet.gov.ar; lcarlino@conicet.gov.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:34982025-09-03 09:51:27.781CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Jewish Traditions in Latin American Context ‒ The Creation of an Intercultural Diaspora in Argentina: from the Notion of “Melting Pot” to Contemporary Identity Politics
Фолклористика : часопис Удружења фолклориста Србије
title Jewish Traditions in Latin American Context ‒ The Creation of an Intercultural Diaspora in Argentina: from the Notion of “Melting Pot” to Contemporary Identity Politics
spellingShingle Jewish Traditions in Latin American Context ‒ The Creation of an Intercultural Diaspora in Argentina: from the Notion of “Melting Pot” to Contemporary Identity Politics
Fischman, Fernando Damián
IDENTITY POLITICS
ARGENTINE JEWS
JEWISH-ARGENTINE FOLKLORE
DIVERSITY
title_short Jewish Traditions in Latin American Context ‒ The Creation of an Intercultural Diaspora in Argentina: from the Notion of “Melting Pot” to Contemporary Identity Politics
title_full Jewish Traditions in Latin American Context ‒ The Creation of an Intercultural Diaspora in Argentina: from the Notion of “Melting Pot” to Contemporary Identity Politics
title_fullStr Jewish Traditions in Latin American Context ‒ The Creation of an Intercultural Diaspora in Argentina: from the Notion of “Melting Pot” to Contemporary Identity Politics
title_full_unstemmed Jewish Traditions in Latin American Context ‒ The Creation of an Intercultural Diaspora in Argentina: from the Notion of “Melting Pot” to Contemporary Identity Politics
title_sort Jewish Traditions in Latin American Context ‒ The Creation of an Intercultural Diaspora in Argentina: from the Notion of “Melting Pot” to Contemporary Identity Politics
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ARGENTINE JEWS
JEWISH-ARGENTINE FOLKLORE
DIVERSITY
topic IDENTITY POLITICS
ARGENTINE JEWS
JEWISH-ARGENTINE FOLKLORE
DIVERSITY
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dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv This article explores sociocultural and political changes in Argentina that allowed for the passage from the practice of Jewish rituals in private to the display of traditional expressive forms in public. Focusing on personal narratives from children of Jewish immigrants to Argentina about their childhood experiences in the 1930s and 40s and on festival celebrations performed currently in the streets of Buenos Aires, I analyze the implications of the contextualization of traditional practices, originally performed within the collective?s boundaries to their open exhibition to society at large.I begin by presenting some of the narratives about the WWII pre war and war period in Argentina that I collected in the 1990s. Then, I examine street performance events that began to be staged at the same time by Jewish organizations in conjunction with celebrations derived from the identity politics that started to be in place in those years. I thus contrast the narratives about the public expression of Jewish identity in the first half of the XXth century with the contemporary discursive expressions through which Jewish culture is explicitly put on display. The concept of ?performance? provides the analytical framework, and the analysis focuses on the social and political implications of such staging for the shaping of new expressive forms related both to a precedent diasporic Jewish culture and to the intercultural dialogues accomplished in contemporary Argentine society.
Fil: Fischman, Fernando Damián. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Saavedra 15. Instituto de Investigaciones Sociales de América Latina. - Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales. Instituto de Investigaciones Sociales de América Latina; Argentina
description This article explores sociocultural and political changes in Argentina that allowed for the passage from the practice of Jewish rituals in private to the display of traditional expressive forms in public. Focusing on personal narratives from children of Jewish immigrants to Argentina about their childhood experiences in the 1930s and 40s and on festival celebrations performed currently in the streets of Buenos Aires, I analyze the implications of the contextualization of traditional practices, originally performed within the collective?s boundaries to their open exhibition to society at large.I begin by presenting some of the narratives about the WWII pre war and war period in Argentina that I collected in the 1990s. Then, I examine street performance events that began to be staged at the same time by Jewish organizations in conjunction with celebrations derived from the identity politics that started to be in place in those years. I thus contrast the narratives about the public expression of Jewish identity in the first half of the XXth century with the contemporary discursive expressions through which Jewish culture is explicitly put on display. The concept of ?performance? provides the analytical framework, and the analysis focuses on the social and political implications of such staging for the shaping of new expressive forms related both to a precedent diasporic Jewish culture and to the intercultural dialogues accomplished in contemporary Argentine society.
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