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5. Lope’s El Hamete de Toledo: The Infidel’s Body as Conquered Land


 
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1. Title Title of document 5. Lope’s El Hamete de Toledo: The Infidel’s Body as Conquered Land - The Religious Body Imagined
 
2. Creator Author's name, affiliation, country Mina Garcia; Elon University; United States
 
3. Subject Discipline(s) Religious Studies
 
4. Subject Keyword(s) Morisco; Muslims; AlmaViva Teatro; Hamete; Moor; conversion; body in religion
 
5. Subject Subject classification Body and Religion
 
6. Description Abstract Set in the aftermath of the Moriscos expulsion decree, El Hamete de Toledo by Lope de Vega has found a new relevance on stage and in the political debates linked to the current immigration crisis. This paper aims to rethink the current victimization of Muslims as seen in the version presented by AlmaViva Teatro, a Spanish company that used the tragedy of Early Modern Spain to connect to a contemporary audience, thirsty for social justice. To this end, I will focus on the treatment of Hamete, a Moor imprisoned in Spain and whose body becomes the symbol of the Other to be conquered. As such, along the play, his body is vilified, dehumanized, chained and tortured. The culmination of this process coincides with the final act, the moment of his conversion, but also of the physical dismemberment of his body, a brutal ritualistic sacrifice in the name of eternal salvation.
 
7. Publisher Organizing agency, location Equinox Publishing Ltd
 
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9. Date (YYYY-MM-DD) 15-Jun-2024
 
10. Type Status & genre Peer-reviewed Article
 
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12. Format File format PDF
 
13. Identifier Uniform Resource Identifier https://journals.equinoxpub.com/index.php/books/article/view/39649
 
14. Identifier Digital Object Identifier 10.1558/equinox.39649
 
15. Source Journal/conference title; vol., no. (year) Equinox eBooks Publishing; The Religious Body Imagined
 
16. Language English=en en
 
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19. Rights Copyright and permissions Copyright 2014 Equinox Publishing Ltd