The Moors are coming, the Moors are coming!: Encounters with Muslims in contemporary Spain
For centuries the Spaniards have celebrated ‘Moors and Christians’, a popular enactment of the arrival of Islam in Spain and the subsequent Reconquista of the peninsula by Catholic forces. In this article we shall analyze how this celebration has evolved from being a religious commemoration and has...
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| Type de support: | Numérique/imprimé Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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Routledge
2006
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Islam and Christian-Muslim relations
Année: 2006, Volume: 17, Numéro: 4, Pages: 417-432 |
| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
minorities / marginal groups
B Islam B Spanien B Minderheiten / Randgruppen B Spain |
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| Résumé: | For centuries the Spaniards have celebrated ‘Moors and Christians’, a popular enactment of the arrival of Islam in Spain and the subsequent Reconquista of the peninsula by Catholic forces. In this article we shall analyze how this celebration has evolved from being a religious commemoration and has become a secular holiday through which the population project their image of Muslims, drawing on historical perceptions. In addition, the changes introduced into ‘Moors and Christians’ during the past decades reflect developments in Spanish society in relation to gender issues, as well as adjustments to accommodate the increasing Muslim population. |
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| ISSN: | 0959-6410 |
| Contient: | In: Islam and Christian-Muslim relations
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/09596410600967873 |