Title The afterlife of al-Andalus : Muslim Iberia in contemporary Arab and Hispanic narratives / Christina Civantos

Published Albany : State University of New York Press, [2017] ©2017

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 362 pages) : maps Series SUNY series in Latin American and Iberian thought and culture SUNY series in Latin American and Iberian thought and culture. Contents Introduction: shared legacies and connected histories -- Cultural (un)translatability and narratives of identity in representations of ibn Rushd/Averroes. Borges and his Arab interlocutors : Orientalism, translation, and epistemology -- Ibn Rushd and freedom of expression: the construction and fragmentation of identity narratives -- To and from al-Andalus: migration and coloniality. The migration of a hero : the construction and deconstruction Tariq ibn Ziyad -- Abu 'Abd Allah Muhammad XII (Boabdil) and other migrants -- Coda: Columbus and coloniality -- Florinda, Wallada, and "Scheherazade" or the women of al-Andalus and the stories they tell -- Florinda and Wallada : subjugation, seduction, and textual transformation -- Scheherazade: al-Andalus as seduction and as story -- Conclusion: re-weaving narratives of al-Andalus, identity, and tolerance Summary 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. Christina Civantos is Associate Professor of Languages and Literatures at the University of Miami and the author of Between Argentines and Arabs: Argentine Orientalism, Arab Immigrants, and the Writing of Identity, also published by SUNY Press Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 23, 2020) Subject Spanish literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism Arabic literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism Spanish literature -- Arab influences Comparative literature -- Spanish and Arabic Comparative literature -- Arabic and Spanish LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- Spanish & Portuguese. Arabic literature Civilization -- Islamic influences Literature Spanish literature Spanish literature -- Arab influences SUBJECT Andalusia (Spain) -- In literature Spain -- Civilization -- Islamic influences. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00005556 Subject Spain Spain -- Andalusia Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. Form Electronic book LC no. 2016051884 ISBN 9781438466712 1438466714

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