Sephardic Writers in the Amazon

In this paper, we will talk about Jewish writing in the Amazon. Sultana Levy Rosenblatt, Marcos Serruya, Leão Pacífico Esaguy and Paulo Jacob were born in the Amazon, and in their works, there are clear records of Jewish culture and its relationship with Amazon’s culture. Therefore, we seek to under...

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Autor: Silva, Alessandra Conde da
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG)
Repositorio:Arquivo Maaravi: Revista Digital de Estudos Judaicos da UFMG
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:periodicos.ufmg.br:article/21726
Acceso en línea:https://periodicos.ufmg.br/index.php/maaravi/article/view/21726
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Escrita judaica
Amazônia
Judeus sefarditas
Jewish writing
Amazon
Sephardic Jews
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Sumario:In this paper, we will talk about Jewish writing in the Amazon. Sultana Levy Rosenblatt, Marcos Serruya, Leão Pacífico Esaguy and Paulo Jacob were born in the Amazon, and in their works, there are clear records of Jewish culture and its relationship with Amazon’s culture. Therefore, we seek to understand what this Jewish writing consists of, taking as reference the following literary works: Uma grande mancha de sol and Barracão by Sultana Levy Rosenblatt, Um pedaço de lua caía na mata and Chuva branca by Paul Jacob, Contos amazonenses and Enxuga as lágrimas e segue o caminho que te determinaste by Leão Pacífico Esaguy and Cabelos de fogo e O cabalista by Marcos Serruya.