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Author Martin-Márquez, Susan.

Title Disorientations : Spanish colonialism in Africa and the performance of identity / Susan Martin-Márquez.

Publication Info. New Haven : Yale University Press, [2008]
©2008
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Description 1 online resource (x, 445 pages) : illustrations
Physical Medium polychrome
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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 387-417) and index.
Contents Power plays : reformulations of Spanish identity and the colonization of Africa -- The "savage" art of mimicry in Spain's colonization of sub-Saharan Africa -- Staging the Odalisque's conquest in the Spanish-Moroccan War (1859-60) -- The masculine role in the Spanish-Moroccan theater of war -- Unmasking family values in Franco's African colonies -- Performance anxieties on the edge of fortress Europe.
Summary 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.
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Subject National characteristics, Spanish -- History.
National characteristics, Spanish.
History.
Spain -- Civilization -- African influences.
Spain.
Civilization.
Spain -- Civilization -- Islamic influences.
Spain -- Colonies -- Africa.
Colonies.
Africa.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Martin-Márquez, Susan. Disorientations. New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2008 9780300125207 (DLC) 2007044809 (OCoLC)179832411
ISBN 9780300152524 (electronic book)
0300152523 (electronic book)
9780300125207 (print)
0300125208 (print)

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