CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2019
| Author | Monerris Galvan, Pablo |
|---|---|
| Title | Islamophobic Narratives of Medieval and Early Modern Iberian history? Analyzing the Historiography of the Iberian Reconquista (718/722-1492/1614) from Feminist and Postcolonial Perspectives |
| Summary | This thesis analyzes the (mainly Spanish and Anglo-American) historiography that discursively constructed Muslim presence and Muslim-Christian relationships in Medieval and Early Modern Iberia (711–1614) as a parenthesis amidst Catholic political domination, territorial unity, religious orthodoxy, and ethnic exclusivity. While traditional historiography has approached the history of Medieval and Early Modern Iberia through the concept of Reconquista, since the middle of the 20th century the conceptualization of Convivencia and new theorizations in the fields of History, Postcolonial and Feminist Studies have promoted new historiographical debates on and approaches to the history of Medieval and Early Modern Iberia. Using the theories of Orientalism, Intersectionality, gendered Islamophobia, Deconstruction and Performativity, this thesis analyzes the broad and complex historiographical field about Muslims in Medieval and Early Modern Iberian history, and explores whether this historiographical body produces narratives that can be interpreted as a biased discourse. My analysis shows that the use of the concept of Reconquista has played a powerful role in constructing a nationalist and exclusionary vision of Spanish history, in which Catholic and Muslim subjects were and continue to be constructed in oppositional and hostile ways. Secondly, it argues for the importance of recognizing the historical and historiographical roots of contemporary gendered Islamophobia. |
| Supervisor | de Haan, Francisca; Thivend, Marianne |
| Department | Gender Studies MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2019/monerris_pablo.pdf |
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