Spanish National Identity, Colonial Power, and the Portrayal of Muslims and Jews during the Rif War (1909-27)

This book explores how Spanish literature, journalism, and photography during the Rif War depicted Moroccan Muslim and Jewish cultures, revealing conflicting visions of Spanish identity.

Format: Hardback
Length: 210 pages
Publication date: 21 May 2021
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd

This book examines how anxieties about colonial power and national identity are reflected in Spanish literature, journalism, and photography of Moroccan Muslim and Jewish cultures during the Spanish colonization of Northern Morocco from 1909 to 1927. This understudied period, known as the Rif War, is highly significant because of its role in shaping the identities that came into conflict in the Spanish Civil War (1936-39). Furthermore, the book makes a key contribution to Spanish colonial studies by offering a comparative analysis of Spanish representations of the Iberian Peninsula's cultural and historical relationship with Moroccan Muslims and Jews in this context, showing how conflicting visions of Spanish identity are portrayed through and in relation to them.

The book explores how Spanish literature, journalism, and photography depicted Moroccan Muslim and Jewish cultures during the Rif War, revealing conflicting visions of Spanish identity. It argues that these representations were shaped by the complex interplay of colonial power, national identity, and cultural stereotypes. The literature examined includes works by authors such as Miguel de Cervantes, Antonio Machado, and Juan Ramón Jiménez, as well as photographs by photographers such as Robert Capa and Gerda Taro. The book also examines how these representations contributed to the construction of a colonial discourse that justified Spanish rule in Morocco.

The book argues that Spanish literature, journalism, and photography of Moroccan Muslim and Jewish cultures during the Rif War revealed conflicting visions of Spanish identity. It suggests that these representations were shaped by the complex interplay of colonial power, national identity, and cultural stereotypes. The literature examined includes works by authors such as Miguel de Cervantes, Antonio Machado, and Juan Ramón Jiménez, as well as photographs by photographers such as Robert Capa and Gerda Taro. The book also examines how these representations contributed to the construction of a colonial discourse that justified Spanish rule in Morocco.

The book explores how Spanish literature, journalism, and photography depicted Moroccan Muslim and Jewish cultures during the Rif War, revealing conflicting visions of Spanish identity. It argues that these representations were shaped by the complex interplay of colonial power, national identity, and cultural stereotypes. The literature examined includes works by authors such as Miguel de Cervantes, Antonio Machado, and Juan Ramón Jiménez, as well as photographs by photographers such as Robert Capa and Gerda Taro. The book also examines how these representations contributed to the construction of a colonial discourse that justified Spanish rule in Morocco.

Dimension: 234 x 156 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781855663459