Contradictory Muslims in the Literature of Medieval Iberian Christians
Marcelo E. Fuentes, "Contradictory Muslims in the Literature of Medieval Iberian Christians "
English | ISBN: 3031450647 | 2024 | 235 pages | EPUB, PDF | 584 KB + 5 MB
English | ISBN: 3031450647 | 2024 | 235 pages | EPUB, PDF | 584 KB + 5 MB
This book argues that literary and historiographical works written by Iberian Christians between the twelfth and sixteenth centuries promoted contradictory representations of Muslims in order to advocate for their colonization through the affirmation of Christian supremacy. Ambivalent depictions of cultural difference are essential for colonizers to promote their own superiority, as explained by postcolonial critics and observed in medieval and early modern texts in Castilian, Catalan, and Portuguese, such as the Cantar de mio Cid, Cantigas de Santa Maria,
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