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Covert Gestures : Crypto-Islamic Literature as Cultural Practice in Early Modern Spain /

Covert Gestures reveals how the traditional Islamic narratives of the moriscos both shaped and encoded a wide range of covert social activity characterized by a profound and persistent concern with time and temporality. Using a unique blend of literary analysis, linguistic anthropology, and phenomen...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Barletta, Vincent
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: [Bristol] : [University Presses Marketing, distributor], 2005.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
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Résumé:Covert Gestures reveals how the traditional Islamic narratives of the moriscos both shaped and encoded a wide range of covert social activity characterized by a profound and persistent concern with time and temporality. Using a unique blend of literary analysis, linguistic anthropology, and phenomenological philosophy, Vincent Barletta explores the narratives as testimonials of past human experiences and discovers in them evidence of community resistance.
Description matérielle:1 online resource (240 pages).
ISBN:9780816696727