The disinherited : exile and the making of Spanish culture, 1492-1975
Title:
The disinherited : exile and the making of Spanish culture, 1492-1975
Author:
Kamen, Henry.
Personal Author:
Edition:
First U.S. edition.
Publication Information:
New York, N.Y. : HarperCollins Pub., [2007]
©2007
Physical Description:
xvi, 508 pages, 16 pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Summary:
An analysis of the role of exiles in the evolution of Spanish culture traces the contributions of the Spanish state's racial minorities and dissidents over the course of five hundred years, arguing that Spanish exiles became universal products of their changed culture.
Language:
English
Contents:
Prelude: 1492 - A cultural legacy -- The survival of the Jew -- The persistence of the Moor -- The war of religion -- The discovery of 'Europe' -- Romantic Spain -- Searching for a national identity -- The elite diaspora of 1936-9 -- The search for Atlantis -- Hispanic identity and the permanence of exile -- The return of the exiles.
Subject Term:
ISBN:
9780060730864
Format :
Book
