Moors Dressed as Moors - Clothing, Social Distinction and Ethnicity in Early Modern Iberia (Hardcover)

In early modern Iberia, Moorish clothing was not merely a cultural remnant from the Islamic period, but an artefact that conditioned discourses of nobility and social preeminence. In Moors Dressed as Moors, Javier Irigoyen-Garc a draws on a wide range of sources: archival, legal, literary, and visual documents, as well as tailoring books, equestrian treatises, and festival books to reveal the currency of Moorish clothing in early modern Iberian society. Irigoyen-Garc a's insightful and nuanced analyses of Moorish clothing production and circulation shows that as well as being a sign of status and a marker of nobility, it also served to codify social tensions by deploying apparent Islamophobic discourses. Such luxurious value of clothing also sheds light on how sartorial legislation against the Moriscos was not only a form of cultural repression, but also a way to preclude their full integration into Iberian society. Moors Dressed as Moors challenges the traditional interpretations of the value of Moorish clothing in sixteenth and seventeenth-century Spain and how it articulated the relationships between Christians and Moriscos.

General

Imprint:	University of Toronto Press
Country of origin:	Canada
Series:	Toronto Iberic
Release date:	April 2017
First published:	2017
Authors:	Javier Irigoyen-Garcia
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	360
ISBN-13:	978-1-4875-0160-0
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Military history Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > War & defence operations > Civil war Books > Humanities > History > European history > From 1900 > General Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > General > Religious intolerance, persecution & conflict > General Books > History > European history > From 1900 > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Military history Books > Religion & Spirituality > General > Religious intolerance, persecution & conflict > General Promotions
LSN:	1-4875-0160-9
Barcode:	9781487501600

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