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Iberian Moorings: Al-Andalus, Sefarad, and the Tropes of Exceptionalism

Iberian Moorings: Al-Andalus, Sefarad, and the Tropes of Exceptionalism - Hardcover

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Availability:In StockContributor:Ross BrannSeries:Middle AgesPublish date:2021-05-28Pages:240
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Pennsylvania PressISBN-13:9780812252880ISBN-10:812252888UPC:9780812252880Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:Europe, JewishBook Topic:Medieval, SpainSize:9.10 x 6.20 x 1.00 inchesWeight:1.3514Product ID:SCXCS09B2N

To Christians the Iberian Peninsula was Hispania, to Muslims al-Andalus, and to Jews Sefarad. As much as these were all names given to the same real place, the names also constituted ideas, and like all ideas, they have histories of their own. To some, al-Andalus and Sefarad were the subjects of conventional expressions of attachment to and pride in homeland of the universal sort displayed in other Islamic lands and Jewish communities; but other Muslim and Jewish political, literary, and religious actors variously developed the notion that al-Andalus or Sefarad, its inhabitants, and their culture were exceptional and destined to play a central role in the history of their peoples.

In Iberian Moorings Ross Brann traces how al-Andalus and Sefarad were invested with special political, cultural, and historical significance across the Middle Ages. This is the first work to analyze the tropes of Andalusi and Sefardi exceptionalism in comparative perspective. Brann focuses on the social power of these tropes in Andalusi Islamic and Sefardi Jewish cultures from the tenth through the twelfth century and reflects on their enduring influence and its expressions in scholarship, literature, and film down to the present day.
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Pennsylvania PressISBN-13:9780812252880ISBN-10:812252888UPC:9780812252880Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:Europe, JewishBook Topic:Medieval, SpainSize:9.10 x 6.20 x 1.00 inchesWeight:1.3514Product ID:SCXCS09B2N
Ross Brann is Milton R. Konvitz Professor of Judeo-Islamic Studies, Cornell University. He is author of The Compunctious Poet: Cultural Ambiguity and Hebrew Poetry in Muslim Spain and Power in the Portrayal: Representations of Muslims and Jews in Islamic Spain.
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press

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