La Alhambra de Granada: un fractal orientalista en clave poscolonial. Los puntos de vista local y árabe
This article focuses on the Alhambra, in Granada, and by association touches on various related aspects of al-Andalus more generally, within a postcolonial frame. Specifically, it situates this structure within the context of the Nazari movement with the intention of highlighting the “living” charac...
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| description | This article focuses on the Alhambra, in Granada, and by association touches on various related aspects of al-Andalus more generally, within a postcolonial frame. Specifically, it situates this structure within the context of the Nazari movement with the intention of highlighting the “living” character of the Alhambra in relation to a classic exemplar of Orientalist discourse. This ongoing presence is readily visible in the early descriptions of foreign travelers, among whom Washington Irving is perhaps the best known, given his enthusiastic characterization of the nineteenth century inhabitants of this site as the “sons of the Alhambra”. Following from this line of inquiry, the authors then explain how they have taken part in the project Oral Memory of the Alhambra, which provides a local perspective of this site. Hence, they bring to the fore the conflicted character of the Alhambra within competing identity discourses and political interests, thus focusing on lesser known aspects of this site, which is generally considered a “paradisiacal” place in the historical imagination. In the second part of this article, they authors analyze the Alhambra in relation to the broader image-making processes that currently surround al-Andalus. Throughout, the authors seek to criticize Edward Said’s thesis regarding the Orient as a product of the West, in which al-Andalus remained a marginal topic. Moreover, they seek to introduce the descriptions of various Arab and other foreign travelers and intellectuals, who tend to take as their point of departure the nostalgic exhaltation of a lost homeland (al-Andalus) following the historical expulsion of Jews and Moors from Spain. The authors aim to show, on one hand, how these characterizations have become rooted in contemporary nationalist Arabic discourse, but also how this image is adapted to apparently different realities, such as that of the Middle East and Latin America, but which find common ground in such themes as exile, loss, and nostalgia. The article concludes with a reflection on how the contemporary “owners” of this problematic —i.e. the inhabitants of Granada— confront and to some degree share the fractal Arabesque of the intellectuals —a metaphor which possesses cultural connotations— in relation to the phenomenon of the “Alhambra”. |
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| spelling | oai:oai.estudiosdeasiayafrica.colmex.mx:article-20812025-09-01T20:24:31Z The Alhambra of Granada. An Orientalist Fractal at Postcolonial Key. The Local and the Arab Points of View La Alhambra de Granada: un fractal orientalista en clave poscolonial. Los puntos de vista local y árabe González Alcantud, José Antonio Rojo Flores, Sandra Alhambra al-Ándalus Postcolonial Studies Granada Morocco Alhambra al-Ándalus estudios poscoloniales Granada Marruecos This article focuses on the Alhambra, in Granada, and by association touches on various related aspects of al-Andalus more generally, within a postcolonial frame. Specifically, it situates this structure within the context of the Nazari movement with the intention of highlighting the “living” character of the Alhambra in relation to a classic exemplar of Orientalist discourse. This ongoing presence is readily visible in the early descriptions of foreign travelers, among whom Washington Irving is perhaps the best known, given his enthusiastic characterization of the nineteenth century inhabitants of this site as the “sons of the Alhambra”. Following from this line of inquiry, the authors then explain how they have taken part in the project Oral Memory of the Alhambra, which provides a local perspective of this site. Hence, they bring to the fore the conflicted character of the Alhambra within competing identity discourses and political interests, thus focusing on lesser known aspects of this site, which is generally considered a “paradisiacal” place in the historical imagination. In the second part of this article, they authors analyze the Alhambra in relation to the broader image-making processes that currently surround al-Andalus. Throughout, the authors seek to criticize Edward Said’s thesis regarding the Orient as a product of the West, in which al-Andalus remained a marginal topic. Moreover, they seek to introduce the descriptions of various Arab and other foreign travelers and intellectuals, who tend to take as their point of departure the nostalgic exhaltation of a lost homeland (al-Andalus) following the historical expulsion of Jews and Moors from Spain. The authors aim to show, on one hand, how these characterizations have become rooted in contemporary nationalist Arabic discourse, but also how this image is adapted to apparently different realities, such as that of the Middle East and Latin America, but which find common ground in such themes as exile, loss, and nostalgia. The article concludes with a reflection on how the contemporary “owners” of this problematic —i.e. the inhabitants of Granada— confront and to some degree share the fractal Arabesque of the intellectuals —a metaphor which possesses cultural connotations— in relation to the phenomenon of the “Alhambra”. Este artículo se centra en la Alhambra, de Granada, y de manera colateral en al-Ándalus, en varias de sus direcciones y dimensiones, enmarcadas todas ellas en la reflexión poscolonial. Se sitúa el monumento nazarí en el discurso orientalista clásico para destacar desde el principio su carácter “vivo”. Esto es perceptible incluso en las primeras versiones de los viajeros extranjeros, con Washington Irving como el principal valedor de su viveza, y quien llamó a sus habitantes “hijos de la Alhambra”. En esa línea interpretativa, los autores de este trabajo participaron en el proyecto Memoria oral de la Alhambra, que ofrece la perspectiva local, granadina, del monumento. A través de ella, se pone de relieve uno de los aspectos pocas veces vistos en relación con la Alhambra considerada por regla general como un reflejo de lo paradisíaco, como es su carácter conflictual, guiado tanto por intereses políticos como por apropiaciones identitarias. En la segunda parte, se analiza el problema de la Alhambra en relación con la imagen de al-Ándalus. Aquí se refuerza la crítica a las tesis de E. Said —el Oriente como producto intencionado de Occidente—, donde al-Ándalus queda como una laguna que el autor no conceptualiza. Por otra parte, en contraste con el punto de vista local, se introducen las miradas de los viajeros y los intelectuales árabes que arrancan con la exaltación nostálgica de la patria perdida posterior a la expulsión de moros y judíos de la península, visión que se ha instalado contemporáneamente en el nacionalismo árabe. Esta idea se adecua a realidades en apariencia distintas, como la de Medio Oriente y América latina, pero que comparten rasgos como el exilio, la pérdida y la nostalgia. El artículo concluye con la reflexión sobre cómo los actuales “propietarios del problema”; es decir, los granadinos, confrontan e incluso comparten en alguna medida con los intelectuales árabes el fractal —metáfora física de connotaciones culturales— “Alhambra”. El Colegio de México 2014-09-01 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf https://estudiosdeasiayafrica.colmex.mx/index.php/eaa/article/view/2081 10.24201/eaa.v49i3.2081 Estudios de Asia y África; Vol. 49, No. 3 (155), September-December, 2014; 693-722 Estudios de Asia y África; Vol. 49, núm. 3 (155), septiembre-diciembre, 2014; 693-722 2448-654X 0185-0164 spa https://estudiosdeasiayafrica.colmex.mx/index.php/eaa/article/view/2081/2080 Derechos de autor 2015 Estudios de Asia y África |
| spellingShingle | Alhambra al-Ándalus Postcolonial Studies Granada Morocco Alhambra al-Ándalus estudios poscoloniales Granada Marruecos González Alcantud, José Antonio Rojo Flores, Sandra La Alhambra de Granada: un fractal orientalista en clave poscolonial. Los puntos de vista local y árabe |
| title | La Alhambra de Granada: un fractal orientalista en clave poscolonial. Los puntos de vista local y árabe |
| title_alt | The Alhambra of Granada. An Orientalist Fractal at Postcolonial Key. The Local and the Arab Points of View |
| title_full | La Alhambra de Granada: un fractal orientalista en clave poscolonial. Los puntos de vista local y árabe |
| title_fullStr | La Alhambra de Granada: un fractal orientalista en clave poscolonial. Los puntos de vista local y árabe |
| title_full_unstemmed | La Alhambra de Granada: un fractal orientalista en clave poscolonial. Los puntos de vista local y árabe |
| title_short | La Alhambra de Granada: un fractal orientalista en clave poscolonial. Los puntos de vista local y árabe |
| title_sort | la alhambra de granada un fractal orientalista en clave poscolonial los puntos de vista local y arabe |
| topic | Alhambra al-Ándalus Postcolonial Studies Granada Morocco Alhambra al-Ándalus estudios poscoloniales Granada Marruecos |
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