The Victors and the Vanquished: Recovering the History of Al-Andalus

Cultural encounters between Spain and Morocco have been marked by hatred, friendship and hostile contempt throughout various historical junctures. The Muslim presence in modern Spain has shaped cultural representations between Self and Other, West and East, Europe and its Otherness. This historicall...

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Main Author: Lhoussain Simour
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universitatea "Stefan cel Mare" Suceava 2014-06-01
Series:Annals of Philosophy, Social and Human Disciplines
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Online Access:http://www.apshus.usv.ro/arhiva/2014I/004.%20pp.%2043-54.pdf
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description Cultural encounters between Spain and Morocco have been marked by hatred, friendship and hostile contempt throughout various historical junctures. The Muslim presence in modern Spain has shaped cultural representations between Self and Other, West and East, Europe and its Otherness. This historically imagined hostility and the everlasting tension created between East and West could be traced back as early as Medieval ages when Muslims conquered Southern Europe. This episode of history gave rise to frequently manipulated and constructed misrepresentations which served in the production of distorted and often disfigured discourses about the Muslim Other in the western popular imagination. This article looks at this historical event and attempts to shed light on the historical circumstances surrounding the Moorish presence in medieval Spain. It also tries to look at one of plays that enhance the existence of the cultural Other within a white territory of disapproval, annihilation and subordination of otherness.
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spelling doaj.art-91d1fa2510c34742af743c0747d94efb2024-03-11T09:53:54ZengUniversitatea "Stefan cel Mare" SuceavaAnnals of Philosophy, Social and Human Disciplines2069-40082069-40162014-06-01I4354The Victors and the Vanquished: Recovering the History of Al-AndalusLhoussain Simour0Ecole Supérieure de Technologie, University of Hassan II Ain-Chock, Casablanca-MoroccoCultural encounters between Spain and Morocco have been marked by hatred, friendship and hostile contempt throughout various historical junctures. The Muslim presence in modern Spain has shaped cultural representations between Self and Other, West and East, Europe and its Otherness. This historically imagined hostility and the everlasting tension created between East and West could be traced back as early as Medieval ages when Muslims conquered Southern Europe. This episode of history gave rise to frequently manipulated and constructed misrepresentations which served in the production of distorted and often disfigured discourses about the Muslim Other in the western popular imagination. This article looks at this historical event and attempts to shed light on the historical circumstances surrounding the Moorish presence in medieval Spain. It also tries to look at one of plays that enhance the existence of the cultural Other within a white territory of disapproval, annihilation and subordination of otherness.http://www.apshus.usv.ro/arhiva/2014I/004.%20pp.%2043-54.pdfMoorish SpainReconquistathe MoorsHistoryCultural representation.
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The Victors and the Vanquished: Recovering the History of Al-Andalus
Annals of Philosophy, Social and Human Disciplines
Moorish Spain
Reconquista
the Moors
History
Cultural representation.
title The Victors and the Vanquished: Recovering the History of Al-Andalus
title_full The Victors and the Vanquished: Recovering the History of Al-Andalus
title_fullStr The Victors and the Vanquished: Recovering the History of Al-Andalus
title_full_unstemmed The Victors and the Vanquished: Recovering the History of Al-Andalus
title_short The Victors and the Vanquished: Recovering the History of Al-Andalus
title_sort victors and the vanquished recovering the history of al andalus
topic Moorish Spain
Reconquista
the Moors
History
Cultural representation.
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