TY  - GEN
T1  - Power in the portrayal : representations of Jews and Muslims in eleventh- and twelfth-century Islamic Spain
T2  - Jews, Christians, and Muslims from the ancient to the modern world.
A1  - Brann, Ross, 1949-
LA  - English
PP  - Princeton, N.J.
PB  - Princeton University Press
YR  - 2002
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/jstor_eba_ocn355507764
AB  - Power in the Portrayal unveils a fresh and vital perspective on power relations in eleventh- and twelfth-century Muslim Spain as reflected in historical and literary texts of the period. Employing the methods of the new historical literary study in looking at a range of texts, Ross Brann reveals the paradoxical relations between the Andalusi Muslim and Jewish elites in an era when long periods of tolerance and respect were punctuated by outbreaks of tension and hostility. The examined Arabic texts reveal a fragmented perception of the Jew in eleventh-century al-Andalus. They depict seemingly contradictory figures at whose poles are an intelligent, skilled, and noble Jew deserving of homage and a vile, stupid, and fiendish enemy of God and Islam. For their part, the Hebrew and Judeo-Arabic texts display a deep-seated reluctance to portray Muslims in any light at all. Brann cogently demonstrates that these representations of Jews and Muslims--each of which is concerned with issues of sovereignty and the exercise of power--reflect the shifting, fluctuating, and ambivalent relations between elite members of two of the ethno-religious communities of al-Andalus. --From publisher's description.
OP  - 194
CN  - DP52 .B73 2002eb
SN  - 9781400825240
SN  - 1400825245
SN  - 9780691001876
SN  - 0691001871
KW  - Andalusia (Spain) : Ethnic relations.
KW  - Jews : Spain : Andalusia : History.
KW  - Arabic literature : Spain : Andalusia : History and criticism.
KW  - Arabic literature : 750-1258 : History and criticism.
KW  - Arabic literature : Jewish authors : History and criticism.
KW  - Jews : Spain : Intellectual life.
KW  - Judaism and literature : Spain.
KW  - Jews in literature.
KW  - Muslims in literature.
KW  - Andalousie (Espagne) : Relations interethniques.
KW  - Juifs : Espagne : Andalousie : Histoire.
KW  - Littérature arabe : Espagne : Andalousie : Histoire et critique.
KW  - Littérature arabe : 750-1258 : Histoire et critique.
KW  - Littérature arabe : Auteurs juifs : Histoire et critique.
KW  - Juifs : Espagne : Vie intellectuelle.
KW  - Judaïsme et littérature : Espagne.
KW  - Juifs dans la littérature.
KW  - Musulmans dans la littérature.
KW  - HISTORY.
KW  - RELIGION : Judaism : History.
KW  - Arabic literature
KW  - Arabic literature : Jewish authors
KW  - Ethnic relations
KW  - Jews
KW  - Jews in literature
KW  - Jews : Intellectual life
KW  - Judaism and literature
KW  - Muslims in literature
KW  - Spain
KW  - Spain : Andalusia
KW  - Joden.
KW  - Islamieten.
KW  - Etnische betrekkingen.
KW  - Letterkunde.
KW  - Arabisch.
KW  - 750-1258
KW  - Criticism, interpretation, etc.
KW  - History
ER  -