Fuchs, Barbara
Exotic Nation
- ISBN 13:
- 9780812221732
- author:
- Fuchs, Barbara
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2011
- Pages:
- 208
- Dimensions:
- 15.3 x 22.9 x 1.3 centimetres (0
- Genre:
- History, Europe, Spain & Portugal,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
The cultural construction of Spain in relation to its Moorish heritage is a complex and paradoxical phenomenon. In "Exotic Nation", Barbara Fuchs explores this topic through an analysis of Spanish literature, costume, language, architecture, and chivalric practices between 1492 and the expulsion of the Moriscos in 1609. Fuchs examines how Spain attempted to come to terms with its own Moorishness by repressing Muslim subjects while appropriating their cultural heritage. She looks at the explicit romanticization of the Moors in Spanish literature, often referred to as "literary maurophilia", and the complex presence of Moorish forms in material culture. This book provides insight into how Spain's relationship with its Moorish past was perceived by both Spaniards and outsiders, revealing a nuanced understanding of the cultural debt that shaped Iberian identity.
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