BOSNIAN SEPHARDS IN THE WORKS OF LAURA PAPO BOHORETA Cover Image

BOSANSKI SEFARDI U DJELIMA LAURE PAPO BOHORETE
BOSNIAN SEPHARDS IN THE WORKS OF LAURA PAPO BOHORETA

Author(s): Ana Cecilia Prenz Kopušar, Edina Spahić
Subject(s): Cultural history, Social history, Jewish Thought and Philosophy, Sociology of Culture, Sociology of the arts, business, education, Interwar Period (1920 - 1939), Theory of Literature, Sociology of Art, History of Art, Sociology of Literature
Published by: Filozofski fakultet Univerziteta u Tuzli
Keywords: Laura Papo Bohoreta; writer; guardian of tradition; Jewish Spanish language; Sephardi;

Summary/Abstract: In this paper, we will look into the work of Laura Papo Bohoreta, a Sephardic author who lived and created in the first half of the twentieth century. Given that all her works are written in her native JewishSpanish language, our goal in this work is to point out the specifics of her creativity, in order to bring it closer to a wider readership. We especially aim to emphasize her enlightening role, and the role of guardian of tradition, culture, and language which she created and inherited. A particularly important segment on which her overall creativity is based is the role of women in society at that time. With this work, we will show how Laura Papo, through her female characters and their struggle, paved the way for Sephardic women to achieve their intellectual development and the process of affirming a woman outside her home.

  • Issue Year: XXI/2022
  • Issue No: 21
  • Page Range: 103-116
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Bosnian