Colonial Al-Andalus - Spain and the Making of Modern Moroccan Culture

The widespread belief that Spain and Morocco are joined through their Andalusi past - from a time when Christians, Muslims, and Jews coexisted in medieval Iberia - actually arose in the 1800s, as Spain's justification for colonizing Morocco. Eric Calderwood shows how a piece of Spanish propaganda gradually became a tenet of Moroccan nationalism.

About the author

Eric Calderwood is Associate Professor of Comparative and World Literature at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and the author of the award-winning Colonial al-Andalus. He is a contributor to NPR, the BBC, and Foreign Policy.

Summary

The widespread belief that Spain and Morocco are joined through their Andalusi past—from a time when Christians, Muslims, and Jews “coexisted” in medieval Iberia—actually arose in the 1800s, as Spain’s justification for colonizing Morocco. Eric Calderwood shows how a piece of Spanish propaganda gradually became a tenet of Moroccan nationalism.

Product details

• Authors: Eric Calderwood
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 02.05.2018
• EAN: 9780674980327
• ISBN: 978-0-674-98032-7
• No. of pages: 408
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; European History, Spain, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, HISTORY / Africa / North, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / Spanish & Portuguese, LITERARY CRITICISM / Comparative Literature, Morocco, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Colonialism & imperialism, Colonialism and imperialism, African History, HISTORY / Europe / Spain