The Sephardic Atlantic Colonial Histories and Postcolonial Perspecti
This volume contributes to the growing field of Early Modern Jewish Atlantic History, while stimulating new discussions at the interface between Jewish Studies and Postcolonial Studies. It is a collection of substantive, sophisticated and variegated essay
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The Sephardic Atlantic
Sina Rauschenbach • Jonathan Schorsch Editors
The Sephardic Atlantic Colonial Histories and Postcolonial Perspectives
Editors Sina Rauschenbach University of Potsdam Potsdam, Germany
Jonathan Schorsch University of Potsdam Potsdam, Germany
ISBN 978-3-319-99195-5 ISBN 978-3-319-99196-2 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-99196-2 Library of Congress Control Number: 2018959118 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2018 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Cover illustration: “A Memento Mori,” Benjamin Senior Godines, with permission from Jewish Museum London This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by the registered company Springer Nature Switzerland AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
Contents
1 Postcolonial Approaches to the Early Modern Sephardic Atlantic 1 Sina Rauschenbach and Jonathan Schorsch Part I Race and Blood 21 2 New Christian Slave Traders: A Literature Review and Research Agenda 23 Jonathan Schorsch 3 A “Racial” Approach to the History of Early Afro- Portuguese Relationships? The Case of Senegambia and Cabo Verde in the Late Sixteenth and Early Seventeenth Centuries 57 José da Silva Horta and Peter Mark 4 Mediating Multiculturalism: Jews, Blacks, and Curaçao, 1825–1970 85 Jessica V. Roitman
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Part II Metropoles and Colonies 113 5 Galut and Empire: On the Way to Final Redemption115 José Alberto Rodrigues da Silva Tavim 6 Caspar Barlaeus, Dutch Expansion, and the Sephardic Community in the Atlantic World: A Note on the Intellectual History of Amsterdam in the Seventeenth Century143 Ineke Phaf-Rheinberger 7 The Empire Writes Back: David Nassy and Jewish Creole Historiography in Colonial Suriname159 Sina Ra
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