Peronism as a Big Tent : The Political Inclusion of Arab Immigrants in Argentina Hardback
by Raanan Rein, Ariel Noyjovich
Part of the McGill-Queen's Studies in Ethnic History series
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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.
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- Pages:248 pages, 13 illustrations
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- Publication Date:15/02/2022
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- ISBN:9780228008828
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:248 pages, 13 illustrations
- Publisher:McGill-Queen's University Press
- Publication Date:15/02/2022
- Category:
- ISBN:9780228008828