Art of estrangement
Subtitle: redefining Jews in reconquest Spain
By: Pamela A. Patton
Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: University Park, Pennsylvania
Language: eng
Number of pages: 206
ISBN-13: 9780271053837
Subjects: Art and society; Jews in art; Civilization; Jews; Identity; Ethnic relations; History
Description: "Examines the influential role of visual images in reinforcing the efforts of Spain's Christian-ruled kingdoms to renegotiate the role of their Jewish minority following the territorial expansions of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: "Aliens in their midst": reimagining Jews in medieval Iberia; title: Topos and narrative: new signs and stories for Iberian Jews; title: Shaping the Jewish body in medieval Iberia; title: Jews and Muslims in the Iberian Christian imagination; title: The Cantigas de Santa María and the Jews of Castile.