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Reading Spain's "African Vocation": The Figure of the Moorish Priest in Three fin de siglo Novels (1890-1907).

The article analyzes the paradoxical appearances of Moorish or Moroccan-identified priests in three novels published by Benito Pérez Galdós, Emilia Pardo Bazán and Sofia Casanova between 1890 and 1907. It examines the feminist diversity behind the concept of orientalism and cultural constructions of...

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Publicado en:Revista de Estudios Hispánicos Vol. 40; no. 1; pp. 171 - 196
Autor principal: Hooper, Kirsty
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Washington University ene2006
Materias:
Priests in literature
Moroccans
Pérez Galdós, Benito, 1843-1920
Pardo Bazán, Emilia, condesa de, 1852-1921
Casanova, Sofía
Racial differences
Orientalism
Feminism in literature
Moroccans in literature
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Sumario:The article analyzes the paradoxical appearances of Moorish or Moroccan-identified priests in three novels published by Benito Pérez Galdós, Emilia Pardo Bazán and Sofia Casanova between 1890 and 1907. It examines the feminist diversity behind the concept of orientalism and cultural constructions of racial difference portrayed in the novels.