Author

Publication

1990 - University of West Florida Press, Pensacola, Florida

Language

English

Word Count

46,750 words, Guess

Page Count

187 pages

Identifiers

and 2 more
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Classifications

  • DDC946/.8
  • LCCDP302.A467 J67 1990
  • LCCDP302.A467J67 1990

Description

From the ancient Phoenicians through Maimonides to Pablo Picasso's retrospective exhibit at the Museum of Moden Art in 1980, this fascinating swift trip through the past spans more than three thousand years of Spain's Andalusian civilization, the oldest in the Western world. Allen Josephs focuses on the cultural distinctions that have set Andalucia apart throughout recorded history: its Oriental origins, its ancient commerce and industry, its religious practices, and its varied artistic expression of those practices through music, dance, and the drama of toreo. In a marvel of synthesis, Josephs interweaves the writings of poets, historians, and archaeologists from Strabo and Polybius to Adolph Schulten, Richard Ford, Jose Ortega y Gasset, and Federico Garcia Lorca to illuminate the pervasive influence of this ancient culture on all Hispanic peoples.

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Other Editions

  • White wall of Spain: the mysteries of Andalusian cultureUniversity of West Florida Press1990-01-01

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