Spain Unmoored: Migration, Conversion, and the Politics of Islam

New Anthropologies of Europe

by Mikaela H. Rogozen-Soltar

Long viewed as Spain’s "most Moorish city," Granada is now home to a growing Muslim population of Moroccan migrants and European converts to Islam. Mikaela Rogozen-Soltar examines how various residents of Granada mobilize historical narratives about the city’s Muslim past in order to navigate tensions surrounding contemporary ethnic and religious pluralism. Focusing particular attention on the gendered, racial, and political dimensions of this new multiculturalism, Rogozen-Soltar explores how Muslim-themed tourism and Islamic cultural institutions coexist with anti-Muslim sentiments.

Genres: Islam

291 pages, Kindle Edition

Published February 27, 2017

Reviews

[AnnaLee Sadocha · Rating 5 out of 5]

Thank you for this piece. Helpful with my thesis on religious governance in Spain.