Disorientations : Spanish colonialism in Africa and the performance of identity /

Disorientations : Spanish colonialism in Africa and the performance of identity /

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Exploring the fraught processes of Spaniards' efforts to formulate a national identity - from the Enlightenment to the present - this book focuses on the nation's Islamic-African legacy, disputing the received wisdom that Spain has consistently rejected its historical relationship to Musli...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Martin-Márquez, Susan
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2008.
Subjects:
1800-2000.
National characteristics, Spanish > History.
Espagnols > Histoire.
15.70 history of Europe.
15.80 history of Africa.
Civilization > African influences.
Civilization > Islamic influences.
National characteristics, Spanish.
Spanish colonies.
Kolonialismus
Nationalbewusstsein
Kolonie
Colonialism.
National identity.
Cultural relations.
Islam.
National characteristics, Spanish > History
Nationell identitet > historia > Spanien.
Nationalkaraktär > historia > Spanien.
Spain > Civilization > African influences.
Spain > Civilization > Islamic influences.
Spain > Colonies > Africa.
Espagne > Colonies.
Africa.
Spain.
Afrika
Spanien
Spain > Civilization > African influences
Spain > Civilization > Islamic influences
Spain > Colonies > Africa
Spanien > kultur- och samhällsliv > afrikanska influenser.
Spanien > kultur- och samhällsliv > islamiska influenser.
Spanien > kolonier > Afrika.
History.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Theorizing the performance of Spanish identity
  • Power plays : reformulations of Spanish identity and the colonization of Africa
  • The "savage" art of mimicry in Spain's colonization of sub-Saharan Africa
  • Staging the Odalisque's conquest in the Spanish-Moroccan War (1859-60)
  • The masculine role in the Spanish-Moroccan theater of war
  • Unmasking family values in Franco's African colonies
  • Performance anxieties on the edge of fortress Europe. Afterword.

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