Iberian Moorings Al-Andalus, Sefarad, and the Tropes of Exceptionalism
To Muslims the Iberian Peninsula was al-Andalus, to Jews it was Sefarad. Iberian Moorings traces how al-Andalus and Sefarad were invested with political, cultural, and historical significance across the Middle Ages and analyzes the tropes of Andalusi and Sefardi exceptionalism that linger in today&#...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Pennsylvania
University of Pennsylvania Press
2021 ©2021
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| Series: | The Middle Ages Series
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| Collection: | DeGruyter MPG Collection - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | To Muslims the Iberian Peninsula was al-Andalus, to Jews it was Sefarad. Iberian Moorings traces how al-Andalus and Sefarad were invested with political, cultural, and historical significance across the Middle Ages and analyzes the tropes of Andalusi and Sefardi exceptionalism that linger in today's scholarship, literature, and film. |
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| Physical Description: | XIII, 284 pages |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8122-9787-4 |