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Performing Al-Andalus: Music and Nostalgia Across the Mediterranean

Performing Al-Andalus: Music and Nostalgia Across the Mediterranean

Hardcover

Series: Public Cultures of the Middle East and North Africa

AnthropologySpainish & Portuguese HistoryWorld Music

ISBN10: 0253017564
ISBN13: 9780253017567
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: Jul 28 2015
Pages: 252
Weight: 1.10
Height: 0.80 Width: 6.30 Depth: 9.20
Language: English

Performing al-Andalus explores three musical cultures that claim a connection to the music of medieval Iberia, the Islamic kingdom of al-Andalus, known for its complex mix of Arab, North African, Christian, and Jewish influences. Jonathan Holt Shannon shows that the idea of a shared Andalusian heritage animates performers and aficionados in modern-day Syria, Morocco, and Spain, but with varying and sometimes contradictory meanings in different social and political contexts. As he traces the movements of musicians, songs, histories, and memories circulating around the Mediterranean, he argues that attention to such flows offers new insights into the complexities of culture and the nuances of selfhood.

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