Bøker av Eric Calderwood

The idea of al-Andalus-medieval Muslim Iberia-has many uses, inspiring artists and activists who imagine a place and time of peaceful coexistence among Europeans, North Africans, and Middle Easterners; Christians, Jews, and Muslims. Eric Calderwood explores the consolidation of this reputation and its impact on artistic and political aspiration.

The widespread belief that Spain and Morocco are joined through their Andalusi past-from a time when Christians, Muslims, and Jews "coexisted" in medieval Iberia-actually arose in the 1800s, as Spain's justification for colonizing Morocco. Eric Calderwood shows how a piece of Spanish propaganda gradually became a tenet of Moroccan nationalism.