{"product_id":"the-return-of-the-moor-daniela-flesler-9781557534835","title":"The Return of the Moor: Spanish Responses to Contemporary Moroccan Immigration","description":"\u003cp\u003eWith the intense economic development and accelerated modernization experienced by Spain since the 1970s, and especially following its entrance to the European Economic Community in 1986, the country has undergone a rapid inversion in migratory patterns. After being an exporter of economic migrants for almost a century, in the last 20 years Spain has seen itself on the receiving end of immigration. Coinciding with a time when Spain is highlighting its belonging to Europe, the growing presence of Moroccan immigrants in particular confronts Spanish society with the repressed non-European, African and Oriental aspects of its national identity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Return of the Moor\u003c\/i\u003eexamines the anxiety over symbolic and literal boundaries permeating the Spanish reception of these immigrants through an interdisciplinary analysis of social, fictional and performative texts. It argues that Moroccans constitute a \"problem\" to Spaniards not because of their cultural differences, as many claim, but because they are not different enough. Perceived as \"Moors,\" they conjure up past ghosts that continue to haunt the Spanish imaginary, revealing the acute tensions inherent to Spain's tenuous position between Europe and Africa.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Daniela Flesler\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1557534837\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781557534835\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Purdue University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 254\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.92lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.97h x 6.11w x 0.65d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2008 pg. 49","brand":"Daniela Flesler","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43939618717951,"sku":"9781557534835","price":43.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_095ad1a4-5493-4419-b671-1b941ffda625.jpg?v=1681442546","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-return-of-the-moor-daniela-flesler-9781557534835","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}