Spain Unmoored: Migration, Conversion, and the Politics of Islam

by Mikaela H. Rogozen-Soltar

Book Overview

Long viewed as Spain's "most Moorish city," Granada is now home to a growing Muslim population of Moroccan migrants and European converts to Islam. Mikaela H. Rogozen-Soltar examines how various residents of Granada mobilize historical narratives about the city's Muslim past in order to navigate tensions surrounding contemporary ethnic and religious pluralism. Focusing particular attention on the gendered, racial, and political dimensions of this...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253024897
• ISBN13: 9780253024893
• Release Date: February 2017
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Length: 282 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.9"