The vernacular mystic poetry of Islam Spain: Sufi songs of Andalusia

This book explores the Andalusian mystic popular songs used to resist the Islamic fundamentalists heterodoxy advanced in response to the Christian reconquista. LOURDES MARIA ALVAREZ is Associate Professor of Spanish at the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C, USA. INDICE: Sufi Songs across an Andalusian Sky - All the Languages of God - Singing at the Crossroads of Cultures - Poetry and Mysticism - Surfaces and Sacred Metaphor - 'My heart has taken every shape' -

• ISBN: 978-1-4039-7561-4
• Editorial: Palgrave MacM
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 256
• Fecha Publicación: 27/05/2011
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés