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Guns, Culture and Moors: Racial Perceptions, Cultural Impact and the Moroccan Participation in the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) book cover

1st Edition

Guns, Culture and Moors Racial Perceptions, Cultural Impact and the Moroccan Participation in the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939)

By Ali Al Tuma Copyright 2018
278 Pages
by Routledge

278 Pages 22 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

278 Pages 22 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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The history of the Moroccan troops in the Spanish Civil War (1936–1939) is the story of an encounter between two culturally and ethnically different people, and the attempts by both sides, Moroccan and Spanish, to take control of this contact. This book shows to what extent colonials could participate in negotiating limits and taboos rather than being only on the receiving end of them. The... Read more

Introduction



Part I: Combat and life in the army 



1. A military overview of the Spanish Civil War and the role of the Moroccan troops  



2. The Moroccans on the battlefield 



3. The Moroccan and his army 



Part II: Women and religion: the Moroccans and Spanish society 



4. Victims, wives and concubines: relations between Moroccan troops and Spanish women 



5. Moros y Cristianos: religious aspects of the participation of Moroccan soldiers in the war



Part III: The Moroccan as enemy, the Moroccan as ‘Brother’ 



6. The Republic and the Moroccans 



7. To be Spanish, to be Moroccan 



Conclusions 



Appendices

Biography

Ali Al Tuma is a JSPS fellow at the United Nations University in Tokyo, and was a faculty member at Leiden University.

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