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Belonging to Exile

Sephardic Homelands through Poetry

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Belonging to Exile

Sephardic Homelands through Poetry

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An ethnographic and literary study of the different national geographies that appealed to Sephardic Holocaust survivors after the war.

Belonging to Exile: Sephardic Homelands through Poetry
weaves an analysis of poetry, other literary texts, and conversations in Ladino, the ancestral language of the Sephardic Jews since before the expulsion from Spain in 1492. After World War II, contemporary Sephardic writers were faced with yet another decision of where to make their home. Each chapter takes the reader on an ethnographic and literary journey through different places that the Sephardic community has called home over the centuries: Jerusalem, Israel; Sofia, Bulgaria; Buenos Aires, Argentina; and Thessaloniki, Greece. And while the book spans a wide geographical range, much of content takes place in the intimacy of the writers' homes.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Ladino: A Way to Live
1. Jerusalem in the Mind of the Sephardic Poet
2. The Jewish Ties that Bind –and Break-in Sofia, Bulgaria
3. Uncovering Accent and Belonging in Juan Gelman's Dibaxu
4. Erasing Salonika: Traumatic Memory the Creative Process
Conclusion: The Sephardic Paradox of Belonging

Product details

Bloomsbury Academic Test
Published Oct 01 2026
Format Hardback
Edition 1st
Extent 176
ISBN 9798216381488
Imprint Bloomsbury Academic
Dimensions 9 x 6 inches
Series Sephardic and Mizrahi Studies
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

About the contributors

Author

Judith Lin

Judith Lin researches the Sephardic Holocaust expe…

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