The Literature of Al-Andalus

The Literature of Al-Andalus
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 521
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ISBN-10 : 9780521030236
ISBN-13 : 0521030234
Rating : 4/5 (36 Downloads)

Synopsis The Literature of Al-Andalus by : María Rosa Menocal

The Literature of Al-Andalus is an exploration of the culture of Iberia, present-day Spain and Portugal, during the period when it was an Islamic, mostly Arabic-speaking territory, from the eighth to the thirteenth century, and in the centuries following the Christian conquest when Arabic continued to be widely used. The volume embraces many other related spheres of Arabic culture including philosophy, art, architecture and music. It also extends the subject to other literatures - especially Hebrew and Romance literatures - that burgeoned alongside Arabic and created the distinctive hybrid culture of medieval Iberia. Edited by an Arabist, an Hebraist and a Romance scholar, with individual chapters compiled by a team of the world's leading experts of Islamic Iberia, Sicily and related cultures, this is a truly interdisciplinary and comparative work which offers a interesting approach to the field.

The Literature of Al-Andalus

The Literature of Al-Andalus
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages :
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ISBN-10 : 1139936034
ISBN-13 : 9781139936033
Rating : 4/5 (34 Downloads)

Synopsis The Literature of Al-Andalus by : María Rosa Menocal

The Literature of Al-Andalus is an exploration of the culture of Iberia, present-day Spain and Portugal, during the period when it was an Islamic, mostly Arabic-speaking territory, from the eighth to the thirteenth century, and in the centuries following the Christian conquest when Arabic continued to be widely used. The volume embraces many other related spheres of Arabic culture including philosophy, art, architecture and music. It also extends the subject to other literatures - especially Hebrew and Romance literatures - that burgeoned alongside Arabic and created the distinctive hybrid culture of medieval Iberia. Edited by an Arabist, an Hebraist and a Romance scholar, with individual chapters compiled by a team of the world's leading experts of Islamic Iberia, Sicily and related cultures, this is a truly interdisciplinary and comparative work which offers a interesting approach to the field.

The Literature of Al-Andalus

The Literature of Al-Andalus
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 8
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ISBN-10 : 0521471591
ISBN-13 : 9780521471596
Rating : 4/5 (91 Downloads)

Synopsis The Literature of Al-Andalus by : María Rosa Menocal

The Literature of Al-Andalus explores the culture of Iberia adopting an interdisciplinary and comparative approach.

Looking Back at Al-Andalus

Looking Back at Al-Andalus
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Publisher : BRILL
Total Pages : 201
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ISBN-10 : 9789004166806
ISBN-13 : 9004166807
Rating : 4/5 (06 Downloads)

Synopsis Looking Back at Al-Andalus by : Alexander E. Elinson

"Looking Back at al-Andalus" focuses on Arabic and Hebrew Literature that expresses the loss of al-Andalus from multiple vantage points. In doing so, this book examines the definition of al-Andalusa (TM) literary borders, the reconstruction of which navigates between traditional generic formulations and actual political, military and cultural challenges. By looking at a variety of genres, the book shows that literature aiming to recall and define al-Andalus expresses a series of symbolic literary objects more than a geographic and political entity fixed in a single time and place. "Looking Back at al-Andalus" offers a unique examination into the role of memory, language, and subjectivity in presenting a series of interpretations of what al-Andalus represented to different writers at different historical-cultural moments.

The Musical Heritage of Al-Andalus

The Musical Heritage of Al-Andalus
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 388
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ISBN-10 : 9781000289541
ISBN-13 : 1000289540
Rating : 4/5 (41 Downloads)

Synopsis The Musical Heritage of Al-Andalus by : Dwight Reynolds

The Musical Heritage of Al-Andalus is a critical account of the history of Andalusian music in Iberia from the Islamic conquest of 711 to the final expulsion of the Moriscos (Spanish Muslims converted to Christianity) in the early 17th century. This volume presents the documentation that has come down to us, accompanied by critical and detailed analyses of the sources written in Arabic, Old Catalan, Castilian, Hebrew, and Latin. It is also informed by research the author has conducted on modern Andalusian musical traditions in Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt, Lebanon and Syria. While the cultural achievements of medieval Muslim Spain have been the topic of a large number of scholarly and popular publications in recent decades, what may arguably be its most enduring contribution – music – has been almost entirely neglected. The overarching purpose of this work is to elucidate as clearly as possible the many different types of musical interactions that took place in medieval Iberia and the complexity of the various borrowings, adaptations, hybridizations, and appropriations involved.

‘Our Place in al-Andalus’

‘Our Place in al-Andalus’
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Publisher : Stanford University Press
Total Pages : 354
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ISBN-10 : 0804741212
ISBN-13 : 9780804741217
Rating : 4/5 (12 Downloads)

Synopsis ‘Our Place in al-Andalus’ by : Gil Anidjar

This book offers a reading of Andalusi, Jewish, and Arabic texts that represent the 12th and 13th centuries as the end of el-Andalus (Islamic Spain).

The Myth of the Andalusian Paradise

The Myth of the Andalusian Paradise
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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Total Pages : 315
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ISBN-10 : 9781684516292
ISBN-13 : 1684516293
Rating : 4/5 (92 Downloads)

Synopsis The Myth of the Andalusian Paradise by : Dario Fernandez-Morera

A finalist for World Magazine's Book of the Year! Scholars, journalists, and even politicians uphold Muslim-ruled medieval Spain—"al-Andalus"—as a multicultural paradise, a place where Muslims, Christians, and Jews lived in harmony. There is only one problem with this widely accepted account: it is a myth. In this groundbreaking book, Northwestern University scholar Darío Fernández-Morera tells the full story of Islamic Spain. The Myth of the Andalusian Paradise shines light on hidden history by drawing on an abundance of primary sources that scholars have ignored, as well as archaeological evidence only recently unearthed. This supposed beacon of peaceful coexistence began, of course, with the Islamic Caliphate's conquest of Spain. Far from a land of religious tolerance, Islamic Spain was marked by religious and therefore cultural repression in all areas of life and the marginalization of Christians and other groups—all this in the service of social control by autocratic rulers and a class of religious authorities. The Myth of the Andalusian Paradise provides a desperately needed reassessment of medieval Spain. As professors, politicians, and pundits continue to celebrate Islamic Spain for its "multiculturalism" and "diversity," Fernández-Morera sets the historical record straight—showing that a politically useful myth is a myth nonetheless.

Performing al-Andalus

Performing al-Andalus
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Publisher : Indiana University Press
Total Pages : 254
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ISBN-10 : 9780253017741
ISBN-13 : 0253017742
Rating : 4/5 (41 Downloads)

Synopsis Performing al-Andalus by : Jonathan Holt Shannon

Performing al-Andalus explores three musical cultures that claim a connection to the music of medieval Iberia, the Islamic kingdom of al-Andalus, known for its complex mix of Arab, North African, Christian, and Jewish influences. Jonathan Holt Shannon shows that the idea of a shared Andalusian heritage animates performers and aficionados in modern-day Syria, Morocco, and Spain, but with varying and sometimes contradictory meanings in different social and political contexts. As he traces the movements of musicians, songs, histories, and memories circulating around the Mediterranean, he argues that attention to such flows offers new insights into the complexities of culture and the nuances of selfhood.

The Afterlife of al-Andalus

The Afterlife of al-Andalus
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Publisher : State University of New York Press
Total Pages : 380
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ISBN-10 : 9781438466712
ISBN-13 : 1438466714
Rating : 4/5 (12 Downloads)

Synopsis The Afterlife of al-Andalus by : Christina Civantos

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.

Iberian Jewish Literature

Iberian Jewish Literature
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Publisher : Indiana University Press
Total Pages : 321
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ISBN-10 : 9780253116956
ISBN-13 : 0253116953
Rating : 4/5 (56 Downloads)

Synopsis Iberian Jewish Literature by : Jonathan P. Decter

This stimulating and graceful book explores Iberian Jewish attitudes toward cultural transition during the 12th and 13th centuries, when growing intolerance toward Jews in Islamic al-Andalus and the southward expansion of the Christian Reconquista led to the relocation of Jews from Islamic to Christian domains. By engaging literary topics such as imagery, structure, voice, landscape, and geography, Jonathan P. Decter traces attitudes toward transition that range from tenacious longing for the Islamic past to comfort in the Christian environment. Through comparison with Arabic and European vernacular literatures, Decter elucidates a medieval Hebrew poetics of estrangement and nostalgia, poetic responses to catastrophe, and the refraction of social issues in fictional narratives. Published with the generous support of the Koret Foundation.