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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