Description
Published in association with the Canada Blanch Centre for Contemporary Spanish Studies.
About the Author
Isabelle Rohr is a visiting lecturer at King's College, University of London and at St Mary's College, University of Surrey. She has published several articles on Spanish-Jewish relations in the twentieth century. She received her PhD in International History from the London School of Economics and Political Science.
Reviews
"A penetrating appraisal of the specific mixture of ideological and strategic (indeed frankly opportunistic) motives driving the contradictory policies adopted by Francoists towards different groups of European Jews in the period between c1936 and 1945... The particular strength of Dr Rohr's work is its understanding of the constant interplay between the political mythology of Spanish antisemitism and Spain's geopolitical interests and colonial aspirations." -- Professor Helen Graham, Department of History, Royal Holloway, University of London.
"The author has reconciled several different kinds of history -- exploring political myths, colonialism and foreign policy during wartime as well as contributing to both Spanish and Jewish history... This engaging, stimulating and original work firmly gives the issue of race in contemporary Spain the historiographical importance that it merits. Just as the Moorish 'Other' has long been recognised as a significant term of reference of Spanish identity, this books shows how the construction of 'the Jew' plays a similar role." -- Dr Michael Richards, University of the West of England.
"This book debunks the so-called 'paradoxical' nature of Franco's supposed benevolence towards the Jews, showing that any generosity on the regime's part was both opportunistic and unreliable. Dr Rohr grounds Franco's relationship to the Jews during World War II in the fascinating and complex history of post-Inquisitorial Spanish attitudes towards Jews, ranging from Philosephardism to various forms of antisemitism according to shifting ideological goals. Rohr's reading of Franco's neo-Philosephardism in the context of his colonial ambitions in Northern Africa is groundbreaking." -- Dr Soledad Fox, Assistant Professor of Spanish and Comparative Literature, Williams College.
Book Information
ISBN 9781845191825
Author Isabelle Rohr
Format Paperback
Page Count 272
Imprint Liverpool University Press
Publisher Liverpool University Press
About the Author
Isabelle Rohr is a visiting lecturer at King's College, University of London and at St Mary's College, University of Surrey. She has published several articles on Spanish-Jewish relations in the twentieth century. She received her PhD in International History from the London School of Economics and Political Science.
Reviews
"A penetrating appraisal of the specific mixture of ideological and strategic (indeed frankly opportunistic) motives driving the contradictory policies adopted by Francoists towards different groups of European Jews in the period between c1936 and 1945... The particular strength of Dr Rohr's work is its understanding of the constant interplay between the political mythology of Spanish antisemitism and Spain's geopolitical interests and colonial aspirations." -- Professor Helen Graham, Department of History, Royal Holloway, University of London.
"The author has reconciled several different kinds of history -- exploring political myths, colonialism and foreign policy during wartime as well as contributing to both Spanish and Jewish history... This engaging, stimulating and original work firmly gives the issue of race in contemporary Spain the historiographical importance that it merits. Just as the Moorish 'Other' has long been recognised as a significant term of reference of Spanish identity, this books shows how the construction of 'the Jew' plays a similar role." -- Dr Michael Richards, University of the West of England.
"This book debunks the so-called 'paradoxical' nature of Franco's supposed benevolence towards the Jews, showing that any generosity on the regime's part was both opportunistic and unreliable. Dr Rohr grounds Franco's relationship to the Jews during World War II in the fascinating and complex history of post-Inquisitorial Spanish attitudes towards Jews, ranging from Philosephardism to various forms of antisemitism according to shifting ideological goals. Rohr's reading of Franco's neo-Philosephardism in the context of his colonial ambitions in Northern Africa is groundbreaking." -- Dr Soledad Fox, Assistant Professor of Spanish and Comparative Literature, Williams College.
Book Information
ISBN 9781845191825
Author Isabelle Rohr
Format Paperback
Page Count 272
Imprint Liverpool University Press
Publisher Liverpool University Press
