- Summary
- "The Venice Ghetto was founded in 1516 by the Venetian government as a segregated area of the city in which Jews were compelled to live. The world's first ghetto and the origin of the English word, the term simultaneously works to mark specific places and their histories, and as a global symbol that evokes themes of identity, exile, marginalization, and segregation. To capture these multiple meanings, the editors of this volume conceptualize the ghetto as a "memory space that travels" through both time and space. This interdisciplinary collection engages with questions about the history, conditions, and lived experience of the Venice Ghetto, including its legacy as a compulsory, segregated, and enclosed space. Contributors also consider the ghetto's influence on the figure of the Renaissance moneylender, the material culture of the ghetto archive, the urban form of North Africa's mellah and hara, and the ghetto's impact on the writings of Primo Levi and Marjorie Agosín. In addition to the volume editors, The Venice Ghetto features a foreword from James E. Young and contributions from Shaul Bassi, Murray Baumgarten, Margaux Fitoussi, Dario Miccoli, Andrea Yaakov Lattes, Federica Ruspio, Michael Shapiro, Clive Sinclair, and Emanuela Trevisan Semi"-- Provided by publisher.
- Variant Title
- Memory space that travels
- Format
- Online resource
- Published
- Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, [2022]
- Locale
- Italy
Venice
Venice (Italy)
Italie
Venise
Venise (Italie)
- Contents
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Part I. The archive : rooted memories. Hebrew books in the Venice Ghetto
The ghetto's archival heritage
Part II. The blueprint : global archetypes (1516-2016). Social and economic dimensions of Italian Jewish public life in the age of the ghetto
Disruptive strategies in post-Shoah versions of The merchant of Venice
The ghetto of Venice
Part III. The map : a memory space that travels. Primo Levi, the ghetto, and The periodic table
What the mellah was
Part IV. The tourist : the future of memory. The poetry of Marjorie Agosín
Metaphor and memory
Afterword: The ghetto after the plague.
- Other Authors/Editors
- Camarda, Chiara, editor.
Sharick, Amanda K., editor.
Trostel, Katharine G., editor.
Venice Ghetto Collaboration.
- Notes
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"Interlinked Essays by members of The Venice Ghetto Collaboration."
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Part I. The archive : rooted memories. Hebrew books in the Venice Ghetto -- The ghetto's archival heritage -- Part II. The blueprint : global archetypes (1516-2016). Social and economic dimensions of Italian Jewish public life in the age of the ghetto -- Disruptive strategies in post-Shoah versions of The merchant of Venice -- The ghetto of Venice -- Part III. The map : a memory space that travels. Primo Levi, the ghetto, and The periodic table -- What the mellah was -- Part IV. The tourist : the future of memory. The poetry of Marjorie Agosín -- Metaphor and memory -- Afterword: The ghetto after the plague.
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 28, 2022).
