Covert Gestures: Crypto-Islamic Literature as Cultural Practice in Early Modern Spain

by Vincent Barletta

Book Overview

Forcibly expelled from Spain in the early seventeenth century, the substantial Muslim community known as the moriscos left behind them a hidden yet extremely rich corpus of manuscripts. Copied out in Arabic script and concealed in walls, false floors, and remote caves, these little-known texts now offer modern readers an absorbing look into the cultural life of the moriscos during the hundred years between their forced conversion to Christianity and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0816644764
• ISBN13: 9780816644766
• Release Date: May 2005
• Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.71 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.6" x 8.2"