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Contemporary Spain and Portugal share a historical experience as Iberian states which emerged within the context of al-Andalus. These centuries of Muslim presence in the Middle Ages became a contested heritage during the process of modern nation-building with its varied concepts and constructs of national identities. Politicians, historians and intellectuals debated vigorously the question how the Muslim past could be reconciled with the idea of the Catholic nation. The Crescent Remembered investigates the processes of exclusion and integration of the Islamic past within the national narratives. It analyses discourses of historiography, Arabic studies, mythology, popular culture and colonial policies towards Muslim populations from the 19th century to the dictatorships of Franco and Salazar in the 20th century. In particular, it explores why, despite apparent historical similarities, in Spain and Portugal entirely different strategies and discourses concerning the Islamic past emerged. In the process, it seeks to shed light on the role of the Iberian Peninsula as a crucial European historical "contact zone" with Islam.
This book is the first modern overview of the history of historiography in Spain. It covers sources from Juan de Mariana's History of Spain, written at the end of the sixteenth century, up to current historical writings and their context. The main objective of the book is to shed light on the continuities and breaks in the ways that Spanish historians represented ideas of Spain. The concept of historiography used is wide enough to span not only academic works and institutions but also public uses of history, including the history taught in schools. The methodology employed by the author combines the tradition of studies of national identity with those of historiography. One of the key themes in the book is the role of the historical profession in Spain and its influence on national discourse from the nineteenth century onwards.
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Modesto Lafuente (1806-1866) fue uno de los escritores costumbristas satíricos españoles más celebrados del siglo xix. Saltó a la fama con la publicación en 1837 del periódico Fray Gerundio, popularizando a los protagonistas de sus capilladas, Fray Gerundio, del que el periódico recibe el nombre, y su lego Tirabeque, ambos alter ego de Lafuente. La vida literaria de estos personajes continuó en otras publicaciones debido al gran éxito del semanario. A pesar de esta gran popularidad, hoy en día se conoce a Lafuente esencialmente como el autor de la ingente Historia General de España a la que dedicó gran parte de su vida. Este trabajo se enfoca en el periódico satírico y de costumbres Fray Gerundio, publicación esencial para el estudio de la sátira política y social española del periodo romántico. Mònica Fuertes Arboix es profesora de Lengua y Literatura española en Coe College, Cedar Rapids Iowa. Su investigación se centra en la prensa satírica y costumbrista de la primera mitad del siglo xix español, así como otros aspectos culturales de la literatura de costumbres de este periodo.
"Como indicábamos en el primer volumen de esta obra global sobre el nacionalismo y la evolución de la arqueología en España desde mediados del siglo xix hasta la Guerra Civil, La construcción de una identidad nacional. Arqueología, patrimonio y nacionalismo en Cataluña (1850-1939)" -- Prové dels agraïments.