ABSTRACT
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 examination of this encounter, in its military, religious, as well as sexual aspects, sheds new light on colonial relations, and on how unique or typical the Spanish colonial case is in comparison to other European ones.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|80 pages
Combat and life in the army
part II|72 pages
Women and religion
chapter 4|31 pages
Victims, wives and concubines
chapter 5|39 pages
Moros y Cristianos
part III|44 pages
The Moroccan as enemy, the Moroccan as ‘brother’