MENA245

This course explores the legacies and influences of Islamic (also known as Moorish) Spain in the American Southwest from the sixteenth century to the twenty first century. We will use historical and anthropological accounts, architecture, agriculture, irrigation, food, language, festivals, and transportation to explore Islamic Iberian voices and echoes in the heritage of the present-day American Southwest. Spanish and American colonial encounters and experiences ushered in complex cultural mingling in the American Southwest, and using anthropological theories and methodologies, we will examine historical and ethnographic accounts and carry out field site visits to discuss and examine the legacies of Islamic Spain in the American Southwest.

CE - CL (Cross Listed), GEED - EPSOC (Gen Ed: EP Social Scientist)

Fall, Spring

Not Offered

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