The Forging of a Tawny Spain: Othello, Lepanto, and the "Turkish Heart Hid Beneath".

The article explores idea of a Black Spain in the European intelligentsia of the 1500s, when peer powers aimed to reshape the geopolitical order piloted by the Iberian empire by pushing the limits of their influence and by undermining Spanish predominance and its continental affiliations its Europea...

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Publicado en:Revista Hispánica Moderna (0034-9593) Vol. 74; no. 2; pp. 200 - 226
Autor principal: MARÍA LAGUNA, ANA
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: University of Pennsylvania Press Dec2021
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Sumario:The article explores idea of a Black Spain in the European intelligentsia of the 1500s, when peer powers aimed to reshape the geopolitical order piloted by the Iberian empire by pushing the limits of their influence and by undermining Spanish predominance and its continental affiliations its Europeanism. It mentions link between the racialization of Iberia understanding to be the systematic application of a "cultural, and genetic profile" to a group in order to marginalize, and the success of Protestant propaganda; and also mentions how racial categories lack substantive reference almost from their inception.