Spain Unmoored
Subtitle: Migration, Conversion, and the Politics of Islam
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 290
ISBN-13: 9780253024749
Subjects: Islam, europe; Islam and politics
Description: Long viewed as Spain's "most Moorish city," Granada is now home to a growing Muslim population of Moroccan migrants and European converts to Islam. Mikaela Rogozen-Soltar examines how various residents of Granada mobilize historical narratives about the city's Muslim past in order to navigate tensions surrounding contemporary ethnic and religious pluralism. Focusing particular attention on the gendered, racial, and political dimensions of such unequal multiculturalism, Rogozen-Soltar explores how Muslim-themed tourism and Islamic cultural institutions coexist with anti-Muslim sentiments.