TY - JOUR
T1 - Judeo-Arabic Popular Nonfiction in Morocco during the First Half of the Twentieth Century
AU - Guedj, David
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2022, Fondazione Centro di Documentazione Ebraica Contemporanea. All rights reserved.
PY - 2022/1/1
Y1 - 2022/1/1
N2 - This article is a first-of-its-kind exploration of the vernacular Judeo-Arabic popular nonfiction printed in Morocco between the early twentieth century and the 1960s, in the form of single pages, pamphlets or small books. This literature provided readers with knowledge pertaining to Jewish law (halakha), ethics, culture, history, and Zionist ideology, in order to reinforce Jewish religious and national identity. I suggest here that vernacular-speaking literatures emerged in Morocco in the early twentieth century following interwoven, mutually influential processes. The four processes that precipitated vernacular Judeo-Arabic nonfiction in Morocco consist of (1) the opening of local Hebrew printing houses across Morocco’s cities; (2) the emergence of new elites within Morocco’s Jewish communities; (3) the rejection of the obligation to observe religious strictures, coupled with secularization processes; and (4) the advent of a Jewish national movement, i.e. Zionism.
AB - This article is a first-of-its-kind exploration of the vernacular Judeo-Arabic popular nonfiction printed in Morocco between the early twentieth century and the 1960s, in the form of single pages, pamphlets or small books. This literature provided readers with knowledge pertaining to Jewish law (halakha), ethics, culture, history, and Zionist ideology, in order to reinforce Jewish religious and national identity. I suggest here that vernacular-speaking literatures emerged in Morocco in the early twentieth century following interwoven, mutually influential processes. The four processes that precipitated vernacular Judeo-Arabic nonfiction in Morocco consist of (1) the opening of local Hebrew printing houses across Morocco’s cities; (2) the emergence of new elites within Morocco’s Jewish communities; (3) the rejection of the obligation to observe religious strictures, coupled with secularization processes; and (4) the advent of a Jewish national movement, i.e. Zionism.
KW - Books
KW - Morocco
KW - Nationalism
KW - Printing Press
KW - Secularization
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U2 - https://doi.org/10.48248/issn.2037-741X/13648
DO - https://doi.org/10.48248/issn.2037-741X/13648
M3 - مقالة
SN - 2037-741X
VL - 2022
SP - 78
EP - 108
JO - Quest. Issues in Contemporary Jewish History
JF - Quest. Issues in Contemporary Jewish History
IS - 22
ER -