{"product_id":"the-invention-of-the-jewish-gaucho-villa-clara-and-the-construction-of-argentine-identity-paperback","title":"The Invention of the Jewish Gaucho: Villa Clara and the Construction of Argentine Identity - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJudith Noemí Freidenberg\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy the mid-twentieth century, Eastern European Jews had become one of Argentina's largest minorities. Some represented a wave of immigration begun two generations before; many settled in the province of Entre Ríos and founded an agricultural colony. Taking its title from the resulting hybrid of acculturation, \u003ci\u003eThe Invention of the Jewish Gaucho\u003c\/i\u003e examines the lives of these settlers, who represented a merger between native cowboy identities and homeland memories.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe arrival of these immigrants in what would be the village of Villa Clara coincided with the nation's new sense of liberated nationhood. In a meticulous rendition of Villa Clara's social history, Judith Freidenberg interweaves ethnographic and historical information to understand the saga of European immigrants drawn by Argentine open-door policies in the nineteenth century and its impact on the current transformation of immigration into multicultural discourses in the twenty-first century. Using Villa Clara as a case study, Freidenberg demonstrates the broad power of political processes in the construction of ethnic, class, and national identities. \u003ci\u003eThe Invention of the Jewish Gaucho\u003c\/i\u003e draws on life histories, archives, material culture, and performances of heritage to enhance our understanding of a singular population-and to transform our approach to social memory itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Judith Noemí Freidenberg is an Argentine-born Associate Professor and Director of the Undergraduate Program in Anthropology at the University of Maryland. Her previous books include \u003ci\u003eGrowing Old in El Barrio\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMemorias de Villa Clara\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Anthropology of Low Income Urban Enclaves: The Case of East Harlem\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 206\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.48 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 01, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42724466917439,"sku":"9780292725690","price":35.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/19da1614c6105b3b98b67a70d6ee49d4.webp?v=1765102764","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/the-invention-of-the-jewish-gaucho-villa-clara-and-the-construction-of-argentine-identity-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}