The Estranged Self of Spain: Oriental Obsessions in the Time of Gayangos

A.J Ginger

doi:DOI:10.3366/edinburgh/9780748635474.003.0003

The Estranged Self of Spain: Oriental Obsessions in the Time of Gayangos

A.J Ginger

Department of Hispanic, Portuguese and Latin American Studies

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This article examines cultural aspects of Orientalism in Spain, as well as contextualising within them work by Gayangos and his son-in-law Riaño between the 1830s and early 1870s. It argues that there was an almost complete lack of connection between contentment with Christian victory in the peninsula, and any uniquely prejudiced 'discourse of Orientalism'. Basic attitudes towards the Orient alter surprisingly little after the mid-century; the main challenge is extensive national development and greater immediacy of conflict.

Translated title of the contribution	The Estranged Self of Spain: Oriental Obsessions in the Time of Gayangos
Original language	English
Title of host publication	Pascual de Gayangos: A Nineteenth-Century Spanish Arabist
Editors	Cristina Álvarez Millán, Claudia Heide
Publisher	Edinburgh University Press
Pages	49 - 67
Number of pages	19
ISBN (Print)	9780748635474
DOIs	https://doi.org/DOI:10.3366/edinburgh/9780748635474.003.0003
Publication status	Published - 2008

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The “Enlightenment”, The Longue Durée, and Catholic Visions of the Lisbon Disaster: Spain 1755-56
Ginger, A. J., 2015, (Accepted/In press) In: Dieciocho.
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