Peronism As a Big Tent: The Political Inclusion of Arab Immigrants in Argentina - Couverture rigide

Rein, Raanan; Noyjovich, Ariel

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0228008824 ISBN 13 : 9780228008828

Editeur : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2022

Synopsis

Argentina’s populist movement, led by Juan Perón, welcomed people from a broad range of cultural backgrounds to join its ranks. Unlike most populist movements in Europe and North America, Peronism had an inclusive nature, rejecting racism and xenophobia. In Peronism as a Big Tent Raanan Rein and Ariel Noyjovich examine Peronism’s attempts at garnering the support of Argentines of Middle Eastern origins – be they Jewish, Maronite, Orthodox Catholic, Druze, or Muslim – in both Buenos Aires and the interior provinces. By following the process that started with Perón’s administration in the mid-1940s and culminated with the 1989 election of President Carlos Menem, of Syrian parentage, Rein and Noyjovich paint a nuanced picture of Argentina’s journey from failed attempts to build a mosque in Buenos Aires in 1950 to the inauguration of the King Fahd Islamic Cultural Center in the nation’s capital in the year 2000. Peronism as a Big Tent reflects on Perón’s own evolution from perceiving Argentina as a Catholic country with little room for those outside the faith to embracing a vision of a society that was multicultural and that welcomed and celebrated religious plurality. The legacy of this spirit of inclusiveness can still be felt today.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Raanan Rein is Elías Sourasky Professor of Latin American and Spanish History and former vice-president of Tel Aviv University. Ariel Noyjovich is a historian and independent scholar. He lives in Tel Aviv.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: McGill-Queen's University Press
• Date d'édition: 2022
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0228008824
• ISBN 13: 9780228008828
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 248
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible