Introduction: The fabric of time -- Toward an activity-centered approach to Aljamiado-Morisco narrative -- Written narrative and the human dimension of time -- Contexts of rediscovery, contexts of use -- The Prophet is born, Muslims are made -- A Morisco philosophy of suffering and action -- Language ideologies and poetic form -- Conclusions
Summary
Covert Gestures reveals how the traditional Islamic narratives of the moriscos both shaped and encoded a wide range of covert social activity characterized by a profound and persistent concern with time and temporality. Using a unique blend of literary analysis, linguistic anthropology, and phenomenological philosophy, Vincent Barletta explores the narratives as testimonials of past human experiences and discovers in them evidence of community resistance
