Spanish Musical Responses to Moroccan Immigration and the Cultural Memory of al-Andalus
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Publication Date
2019-06Journal Title
Twentieth-Century Music
ISSN
1478-5722
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Volume
16
Issue
2
Pages
259-287
Language
en
Type
Article
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Machin-Autenrieth, M. (2019). Spanish Musical Responses to Moroccan Immigration and the Cultural Memory of al-Andalus. Twentieth-Century Music, 16 (2), 259-287. https://doi.org/10.1017/s1478572218000324
Abstract
<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>The notion of a shared history across the Mediterranean is central to a number of Spanish-Moroccan musical collaborations, which draw on the notion of <jats:italic>convivencia</jats:italic>: the alleged peaceful coexistence between Christians, Jews, and Muslims in medieval Spain. In this article, I explore the relationship between a ‘musical’ <jats:italic>convivencia</jats:italic> and Moroccan immigration in Spain, focusing on two prominent case studies: <jats:italic>Macama jonda</jats:italic> (1983) and <jats:italic>Inmigración</jats:italic> (2003). Spanning a twenty-year period, I argue that these two productions illustrate shifting responses to Moroccan immigration at distinct historical moments: the post-Franco era and post-9/11. These two productions illustrate the malleability of the <jats:italic>convivencia</jats:italic> myth, employing it for distinct social and political purposes. I argue that <jats:italic>Macama jonda</jats:italic> and <jats:italic>Inmigración</jats:italic> should be read as products of shifting political and cultural relations between Spain and Morocco, and Spain's negotiation of its Muslim past.</jats:p>
Sponsorship
Leverhulme Trust
Funder references
Leverhulme Trust (ECF-2014-509)
Isaac Newton Trust (Minute 1408(i))
European Research Council (758221)
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External DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/s1478572218000324
This record's URL: https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/280654
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