Islam and the Arabs in Spanish Scholarship (16th Century to the Present) Paperback by James T. Monroe

Product Details

• Publisher: Harvard University Press (2021-10-19)
• Language: English
• Paperback: 328 pages
• ISBN-13: 9780674251694
• Item Weight: 368.55 grams
• Dimensions: 0.0 x 0.0 x 0.0 cm

Spanish Arabism was a touchstone of the major intellectual and political issues facing Spain as it emerged from its imperial past into its current form as a modern nation-state. James T. Monroe’s survey of four centuries of Spanish scholarship on the cultural history of al-Andalus (Muslim Spain) establishes Spanish scholars on the forefront of European scholars confronting the Orientalism and colonialism at the heart of their national projects.

This reissue of James T. Monroe’s classic study of Spanish Arabism features a new foreword by Michelle M. Hamilton and David A. Wacks that offers an overview of its impact and of how the investigation of Spanish Arabism has blossomed since the publication of Monroe’s pathbreaking study.

About the Author

James T. Monroe is Professor Emeritus of Arabic and Comparative Literature at the University of California, Berkeley.

Michelle M. Hamilton is Director of Medieval Studies and Professor of Spanish and Portuguese at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities.

David A. Wacks is Professor of Spanish at the University of Oregon.