Crescent Remembered

Islam and Nationalism on the Iberian Peninsula

Patricia Hertel (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

224 Seiten

2016
Liverpool University Press (Verlag)
978-1-84519-793-3 (ISBN)

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Contemporary Spain and Portugal share a historical experience as Iberian states which emerged within the context of al-Andalus. These centuries of Muslim presence in the Middle Ages became a contested heritage during the process of modern nation-building with its varied concepts and constructs of national identities. Politicians, historians and intellectuals debated vigorously the question how the Muslim past could be reconciled with the idea of the Catholic nation. The Crescent Remembered investigates the processes of exclusion and integration of the Islamic past within the national narratives. It analyses discourses of historiography, Arabic studies, mythology, popular culture and colonial policies towards Muslim populations from the 19th century to the dictatorships of Franco and Salazar in the 20th century. In particular, it explores why, despite apparent historical similarities, in Spain and Portugal entirely different strategies and discourses concerning the Islamic past emerged. In the process, it seeks to shed light on the role of the Iberian Peninsula as a crucial European historical "contact zone" with Islam.

Patricia Hertel teaches European history of the 19th and 20th century at the University of Basel. Her research focuses on cultural, political and religious history in Western and Southern Europe. She holds a PhD of the University of Fribourg and a master's degree of the University of Munich.

Erscheinungsdatum	26.01.2016
Reihe/Serie	Liverpool Studies in Spanish History
Zusatzinfo	colour illus
Verlagsort	Liverpool
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	406 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Islam
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme
ISBN-10	1-84519-793-3 / 1845197933
ISBN-13	978-1-84519-793-3 / 9781845197933
Zustand	Neuware