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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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Brann, Ross, 1949- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2021]
Colección:Middle Ages series.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • 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.