Representing and Remembering al-Andalus: Some Historical Considerations Regarding the End of Time and the Making of Nostalgia

2009/01/01 by Justin Stearns · 1 citation
Arts and Humanities · Social Sciences · #Hispanic-African Historical Relations #Medieval History and Crusades #Historical and Linguistic Studies

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Abstract

© Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, 2009 DOI : 10.1163/157006709X458891 Medieval Encounters 15 (2009) 355-374 brill.nl/me Medieval Jewish, Christian and Muslim Culture Encounters in Confluence and Dialogue Representing and Remembering al-Andalus: Some Historical Considerations Regarding the End of Time and the Making of Nostalgia Justin Stearns Department of Religion, Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT 05753, USA Abstract Th e place that al-Andalus occupies in contemporary popular and academic discourses is characterized by an ill-defi ned but heartfelt nostalgia. Th is essay returns to the historical texts written during and immediately following the Muslim presence in the Iberian Penin- sula in order to

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