Disorientations
Subtitle: Spanish Colonialism in Africa and the Performance of Identity
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: June 28, 2008
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 448
ISBN-13: 9780300125207
Subjects: African history: c 1500 to c 1900; European history: c 1750 to c 1900; History; History - General History; History: World; Africa; World - General; Africa - General; African influences; Civilization; Islamic influences; National characteristics; Spain
Description: Exploring the fraught processes of Spaniards' efforts to formulate a national identity - from the Enlightenment to the present - this book focuses on the nation's Islamic-African legacy, disputing the received wisdom that Spain has consistently rejected its historical relationship to Muslims and Africans.