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: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania Press
2021
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| In: | Year: 2021 |
| Reviews: | [Rezension von: Brann, Ross, 1949-, Iberian moorings] (2022) (Levy, Isabelle, 1983 -)
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| Series/Journal: | The Middle Ages Ser.
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Iberian Peninsula
/ al- Andalus
/ Politics
/ Culture
/ Muslim
/ Jews
/ Sephardim
/ History
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| Further subjects: | B
Jews--Iberian Peninsula--History--To 1500
B Electronic books B Exceptionalism--Iberian Peninsula B Muslims--Iberian Peninsula--History--To 1500 |
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| 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. Cover -- Iberian Moorings -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction. Andalusi and Sefardi Exceptionalism as Tropes of Islamic and Jewish Culture -- Chapter 1. Geography and Destiny: The Genesis of Andalusi Exceptionalism in the Umayyad Caliphal Age -- Chapter 2. Without al-Andalus, There Would Be No Sefarad: The Origins of Sefardi Exceptionalism -- Chapter 3. The Cultural Turn: Andalusi Exceptionalism Through Arabic Adab, Following the Collapse of the Unitary State -- Chapter 4. The Jerusalemite Exile That Is in Sefarad: Sefardi Exceptionalism (Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries) -- Chapter 5. Out of Place with Exceptionalism on the Mind: Sefardi and Andalusi Travelers Abroad (Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries) -- Conclusion. Andalusi, Sefardi, and Spanish Exceptionalism: Reclaimed, Embraced, Repudiated, Re imagined -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. |
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| ISBN: | 0812297873 |