RT Article
T1 Reclaiming alterity: strangeness and the queering of Islam in medieval and early modern Spain
JF Theology & sexuality
VO 22
IS 1/2
SP 42
OP 56
A1 Hernández Peña, E. J.
LA English
PB Taylor & Francis
YR 2016
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1639650687
AB This essay argues for the reclamation of radical alterity or the intentional embracing of difference/otherness/strangeness by Muslims as a location of solidarity with marginalized communities, who have been historically ostracized due to sexuality. As the initial social location of Islam vis-á-vis medieval and early modern Christendom, the rehabilitation of Muslim alterity/otherness today serves as a location for solidarity with other marginalized groups such as members of the LGBTQ community. The chosen historical timeframe of medieval and early modern Spain helps to situate this conversation both inside and on the fringes of European Christendom. This essay seeks to accomplish this by mining both Muslim and Christian sources in medieval and early modern Iberia with special attention being paid to discourses located at the intersections of Islamophobia and sexuality. The texts discussed allow for a more thorough investigation of Muslim alterity in the Iberian context, while serving as a launch point for deeper discussions of contemporary religious and sexual hierarchies.
K1 al-Andalus
K1 Muslim alterity
K1 Muslim Spain
K1 Otherness
K1 queer Islam
K1 Radical Alterity
K1 Spain
K1 strangeness
DO 10.1080/13558358.2017.1296687