Whose West is it Anyway?

Whose West is it anyway? David Wacks Associate Professor of Spanish Department of Romance Languages

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Who is European? The case of Spain ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

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Shem Tov de Carri ón (14th century) ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Modern criticism of Shem Tov de Carri ón: ,[object Object],[object Object]

Jos é Amador de los Ríos (1863) ,[object Object]

Marcelino Men én d ez y Pelayo (1893) ,[object Object]

Juan Hurtado y Jim én e z de la Serna (1921) ,[object Object]

Romero Navarra (1928) ,[object Object]

Am érico Castro (1952) ,[object Object],[object Object]

Juan Ruiz, Libro de buen amor ‘Book of Good Love’ (ca. 1335)

‘ Orientalism’ in Libro de buen amor criticism ,[object Object]

The Libro de buen amor 1 ,[object Object],[object Object]

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“Europe begins at the Pyrenees” (Dumas) ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

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The ‘Other’ Place ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Spain - Morocco - Europe ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Santiago Matamoros (St. James the Muslim Killer)

Santiago Church of Santiago, Almer ía, Spain http://www.flickr.com/photos/paco_net/3048418240/

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Mixed legacy cuts both ways: ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

or Islam was an ‘interruption’ ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

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