Power in the Portrayal : : Representations of Jews and Muslims in Eleventh- and Twelfth-Century Islamic Spain /

Power in the Portrayal : : Representations of Jews and Muslims in Eleventh- and Twelfth-Century Islamic Spain / / Ross Brann.

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Power in the Portrayal unveils a fresh and vital perspective on power relations in eleventh- and twelfth-century Muslim Spain as reflected in historical and literary texts of the period. Employing the methods of the new historical literary study in looking at a range of texts, Ross Brann reveals the...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
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Brann, Ross,
Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2009]
©2002
Year of Publication:2009
Edition:Course Book
Language:English
Series:Jews, Christians, and Muslims from the Ancient to the Modern World ; 35
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Physical Description:1 online resource (208 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • ABBREVIATIONS
  • INTRODUCTION Power in the Portrayal
  • CHAPTER ONE. Force of Character
  • CHAPTER TWO. An Andalusi-Muslim Literary Typology of Jewish Heresy and Sedition
  • CHAPTER THREE. Textualizing Ambivalence
  • CHAPTER FOUR. Muslim Counterparts, Rivals, Mentors, and Foes-A Trope of Andalusi-Jewish Identity?
  • CHAPTER FIVE. The Silence of the Jews: Judah al- A Harizi's Picaresque Tale of the Muslim Astrologer
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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