Afterlife of al-Andalus

Muslim Iberia in Contemporary Arab and Hispanic Narratives

Häftad, Engelska, 2018

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The first study to undertake a wide-ranging comparison of invocations of al-Andalus across the the Arab and Hispanic worlds.Around the globe, concerns about interfaith relations have led to efforts to find earlier models in Muslim Iberia (al-Andalus). This book examines how Muslim Iberia operates as an icon or symbol of identity in twentieth and twenty-first century narrative, drama, television, and film from the Arab world, Spain, and Argentina. Christina Civantos demonstrates how cultural agents in the present ascribe importance to the past and how dominant accounts of this importance are contested. Civantos's analysis reveals that, alongside established narratives that use al-Andalus to create exclusionary, imperial identities, there are alternate discourses about the legacy of al-Andalus that rewrite the traditional narratives. In the process, these discourses critique their imperial and gendered dimensions and pursue intercultural translation.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2018-07-02
Mått152 x 229 x 23 mm
Vikt467 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieSUNY series in Latin American and Iberian Thought and Culture
Antal sidor378
FörlagState University of New York Press
ISBN9781438466705

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Preface and AcknowledgmentsNotes on Transliteration, Translation, and TerminologyIntroduction: Shared Legacies and Connected HistoriesPart I: Cultural (Un)Translatability and Narratives of Identity In Representations of Ibn Rushd/Averroes 1. Borges and His Arab Interlocutors: Orientalism, Translation, and Epistemology 2. Ibn Rushd and Freedom of Expression: The Construction and Fragmentation of Identity Narratives Part II: To and from al-Andalus: Migration and Coloniality 3. The Migration of a Hero: The Construction and Deconstruction of Tariq Ibn Ziyad 4. Abu ‘Abd Allah Muhammad XII (Boabdil) and Other Migrants Coda: Columbus and Coloniality Part III: Florinda, Wallada, and "Scheherazade," Or The Women of al-Andalus and the Stories They Tell 5. Florinda and Wallada: Subjugation, Seduction, and Textual Transformation 6. Scheherazade: al-Andalus As Seduction and As Story Conclusion: Re-Weaving Narratives of al-Andalus, Identity, and Tolerance Notes BibliographyIndex

"A well-written book that is thorough and enjoyable, readable mainly for specialists in the fields of Arabic and Hispanic literature, and certainly very pertinent for scholars and students in Comparative Literature." — Comparative Literature Studies"Overall, The Afterlife of al-Andalus is an eye-opening study of how reinterpretations of the past, of historical events and periods, such as al-Andalus, can help create cultural integration … The book is brilliant, well-researched, and theoretically sound." — Review: Literature and Arts of the Americas