Guns, Culture and Moors - Racial Perceptions, Cultural Impact Moroccan Participation in

The history of the Moroccan troops in the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) is the story of an encounter between two culturally and ethnically different people, and the attempts by both sides, Moroccan and Spanish, to take control of this contact. This book shows to what extent colonials could participate in negotiating limits and taboos rather than

List of contents

Introduction

Part I: Combat and life in the army

1. A military overview of the Spanish Civil War and the role of the Moroccan troops

2. The Moroccans on the battlefield

3. The Moroccan and his army

Part II: Women and religion: the Moroccans and Spanish society

4. Victims, wives and concubines: relations between Moroccan troops and Spanish women

5. Moros y Cristianos: religious aspects of the participation of Moroccan soldiers in the war

Part III: The Moroccan as enemy, the Moroccan as ‘Brother’

6. The Republic and the Moroccans

7. To be Spanish, to be Moroccan

Conclusions

Appendices

About the author

Ali Al Tuma is a JSPS fellow at the United Nations University in Tokyo, and was a faculty member at Leiden University.

Summary

The history of the Moroccan troops in the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) is the story of an encounter between two culturally and ethnically different people, and the attempts by both sides, Moroccan and Spanish, to take control of this contact. This book shows to what extent colonials could participate in negotiating limits and taboos rather than

Product details

• Authors: Ali Al Tuma, Ali (Leiden University Al Tuma, Al Tuma Ali
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.08.2020
• EAN: 9780367591663
• ISBN: 978-0-367-59166-3
• No. of pages: 266
• Series: Routledge/Canada Blanch Studies on Contemporary Spain; Routledge Studies on Contemporary Spain
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous; European History, Spain, HISTORY / General, HISTORY / Africa / North, Morocco, Colonialism & imperialism, Colonialism and imperialism, African History, c 1930 to c 1939, c 1918 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), Specific wars and campaigns, Spanish Civil War, Civil wars, HISTORY / Europe / Spain