Memories of the Maghreb: Transnational Identities in Spanish Cultural Production

219 Pages·2012·1.458 MB·English

by  Adolfo Campoy-Cubillo (auth.)

Memories of the Maghreb
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Memories of the Maghreb
Transnational Identities in
Spanish Cultural Production
ADOLFO CAMPOY-CUBILLO
MEMORIES OF THE MAGHREB
Copyright © Adolfo Campoy-Cubillo, 2012.
Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2012 978-1-137-02814-3
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First published in 2012 by
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DOI 10.1057/9781137028150
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Campoy-Cubillo, Adolfo, 1970–
Memories of the Maghreb : transnational identities in
Spanish cultural production / Adolfo Campoy-Cubillo.
pages cm
Includes bibliographical references.
1. National characteristics, Spanish, in literature.
2. Literature and history—Spain—History—19th century
3. Literature and history—Spain—History—20th century.
4. Literature and society—Spain—History—19th century.
5. Literature and society—Spain—History—20th century.
6. Spanish literature—19th century—History and criticism.
7. Spanish literature—20th century—History and criticism.
8. Morocco (Spanish Zone)—In literature. 9. Africa, North—In
literature. 10. Colonies in literautre. I. Title.
PQ6073.N3C36 2012
860.9(cid:2)005—dc23 2012016688
A catalogue record of the book is available from the British Library.
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First edition: October 2012
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
To Andrea, Marina, and Mario
Ex Africa semper aliquid novi.
—Pliny
Contents
Acknowledgments ix
Introduction 1
Part I The Historical Novel and the Maghreb
1 Colonial Memories in the Mass Market 17
2 From Imperial to National Identity: Revisiting
the Realist Tradition in Spanish Literature 25
3 Haunted by Colonial Dreams: Contemporary Fiction
on the Spanish Colonization of the Maghreb 35
Part II Diasporic Narratives:
From the Maghreb to Sepharad
4 Sephardic Identity and the Enlightenment’s
European Project 77
5 A Plurilingual Memory: Representations of the Sephardim
in Contemporary Spanish Literature 83
6 Antonio Muñoz Molina’s Sefarad:
A Monolingual Memory 103
7 Iberianism and Its Discontents 117
8 Daoudi’s El diablo de Yudis:
Identity as Performance 129
9 Necessary Fictions: Building New Imagined
Communities in Contemporary Catalonia 137
viii CONTENTS
Part III Hispano-Saharawi Fraternity: Nomadic
Desire and Imperial Nostalgia
10 Western Sahara: The Last and Lasting Colonial
Conflict in Africa 153
11 Rhizome and Colonial Desire: Spain
in Western Sahara 159
12 Spanish Cultural Production on Western Sahara 167
Conclusion 185
Notes 193
Bibliography 199
Index 215
Acknowledgments
I wish to express my gratitude to Mario Santana, Agnes Lugo-Ortiz, and
Joe Blackmore whose advice, constant support, and wit made this project
possible. I am also grateful to Esther Bendahan, Marian Izaguirre,
Mohammed Bouissef-Rekab, Larbi El-Harti, Mois Benarroch, and Ramón
Mayrata for their willingness to answer my questions and generosity with
their time. I want to thank José Luis Gómez Barceló from the Archivo
General de Ceuta for his help and for the cover image for this book that he
generously located for me in his personal archive. Finally, I want to thank
Dean Tom Thuerer at the University of Chicago whose support made this
and many more projects to come possible.