JOURNAL ARTICLE

Eating on the Ground: Picnicking at the End of Empire.

  • Published In: American Historical Review, 2023, v. 128, n. 4. P. 1795 1 of 3

  • Database: Academic Search Ultimate 2 of 3

  • Authored By: Stein, Sarah Abrevaya 3 of 3

Abstract

This article examines the cultural and social significance of picnicking among Sephardic Jews in the late Ottoman Empire and its successor states, highlighting how this leisure practice intersected with the emergence of portable photography. It explores how Sephardic picnics, documented in family photo albums dispersed globally, reflected evolving gender norms, social interactions, and expressions of identity amid political and social change. The essay also considers the tensions picnics posed to traditional religious and social authorities, while emphasizing their role as spaces of relaxation, sociability, and subtle resistance. Post-Holocaust Sephardic communities continued the picnic tradition, using it to navigate grief and recovery, illustrating the picnic's enduring cultural resonance.

Additional Information

  • Source:American Historical Review. 2023/12, Vol. 128, Issue 4, p1795
  • Document Type:Article
  • Subject Area:Religion and Philosophy
  • Publication Date:2023
  • ISSN:0002-8762
  • DOI:10.1093/ahr/rhad373
  • Accession Number:174030064
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