The afterlife of al-Andalus : Muslim Iberia in contemporary Arab and Hispanic narratives / Christina Civantos.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Civantos, Christina, 1970- author.

Series:

SUNY series in Latin American and Iberian thought and culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Spanish literature--20th century--History and criticism.

Spanish literature.

Arabic literature--20th century--History and criticism.

Arabic literature.

Comparative literature.

Spanish literature--Arab influences.

Andalusia (Spain)--In literature.

Andalusia (Spain).

Spain--Civilization--Islamic influences.

Spain.

Civilization.

Comparative literature--Spanish and Arabic.

Comparative literature--Arabic and Spanish.

Physical Description:

xii, 362 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, [2017]

Contents:

Introduction: shared legacies and connected histories

Cultural (un)translatability and narratives of identity in representations of ibn Rushd/Averroes. Borges and his Arab interlocutors: Orientalism, translation, and epistemology

Ibn Rushd and freedom of expression: the construction and fragmentation of identity narratives

To and from al-Andalus: migration and coloniality. The migration of a hero: the construction and deconstruction Tariq ibn Ziyad

Abu 'Abd Allah Muhammad XII (Boabdil) and other migrants

Coda: Columbus and coloniality

Florinda, Wallada, and "Scheherazade" or the women of al-Andalus and the stories they tell

Florinda and Wallada: subjugation, seduction, and textual transformation

Scheherazade: al-Andalus as seduction and as story

Conclusion: re-weaving narratives of al-Andalus, identity, and tolerance.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Civantos, Christina, 1970- Afterlife of al-Andalus.

ISBN:

9781438466699

1438466692

OCLC:

962358866