Crypto-judaism and cultural tourism: an analysis under the perspective of semiotics of culture

This study examines the story of a small Jewish community, located in Belmonte, Portugal, which endured for nearly 300 years, the violent repression of the Portuguese Inquisition, by maintaining secret crypto-Jewish practices, which are a form of hybrid Judaism , unique in the world. In this paper,...

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Autores: Baptista, Maria Manuel, Paulo Carrelhas, Paulo
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2015
País:Brasil
Institución:Centro Universitário La Salle (Unilasalle)
Repositorio:Mouseion (Canoas)
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.revistas.unilasalle.edu.br:article/2135
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.unilasalle.edu.br/index.php/Mouseion/article/view/2135
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Crypto-Judaism
New Christians
Semiosphere
Jewish Community
Cultural Tourism
Criptojudaísmo
Cristãos-Novos
Semiosfera
Comunidade Judaica
Turismo Cultural
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Sumario:This study examines the story of a small Jewish community, located in Belmonte, Portugal, which endured for nearly 300 years, the violent repression of the Portuguese Inquisition, by maintaining secret crypto-Jewish practices, which are a form of hybrid Judaism , unique in the world. In this paper, we sought, through the paradigm of semiotics of culture, to understand whether intracultural and intercultural communication between the current Jewish and non-Jewish communities, constitute, or not, supporting phenomena or obstacles in leveraging the construction of a cultural tourism product.