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Covert Gestures
Vincent Barletta
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Description for Covert Gestures
Paperback. Num Pages: 232 pages, 1tabs. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 2CSR; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 150 x 12. Weight in Grams: 330.
Forcibly expelled from Spain in the early seventeenth century, the substantial Muslim community known as the moriscos left behind them a hidden yet extremely rich corpus of manuscripts. Copied out in Arabic script and concealed in walls, false floors, and remote caves, these little-known texts now offer modern readers an absorbing look into the cultural life of the moriscos during the hundred years between their forced conversion to Christianity and their eventual expulsion. Covert Gestures reveals how the traditional Islamic narratives of the moriscos both shaped and encoded a wide range of covert social activity characterized by a profound and ... Read more
Forcibly expelled from Spain in the early seventeenth century, the substantial Muslim community known as the moriscos left behind them a hidden yet extremely rich corpus of manuscripts. Copied out in Arabic script and concealed in walls, false floors, and remote caves, these little-known texts now offer modern readers an absorbing look into the cultural life of the moriscos during the hundred years between their forced conversion to Christianity and their eventual expulsion. Covert Gestures reveals how the traditional Islamic narratives of the moriscos both shaped and encoded a wide range of covert social activity characterized by a profound and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Minnesota, United States
ISBN
9780816644766
SKU
V9780816644766
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About Vincent Barletta
Vincent Barletta is assistant professor of medieval Iberian literature at the University of Colorado at Boulder.
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