La conquista musulmana del Magreb y al-Andalus según las crónicas mozárabes

En un principio se sistematizan los datos conocidos sobre las “Crónicas mozárabes” –latinas y árabes–, buscando presentarlas en el contexto cultural en que se generaron. El objetivo central del trabajo es analizar y comentar los breves fragmentos con los cuales las citadas crónicas aluden a estas conquistas. Además de un relato con tintes negros, los cronistas mozárabes dejaron otros datos de interés sobre la ocupación musulmana del Magreb y de al-Andalus que se han pasado por alto: tanto la clara descripción de los mecanismos de conquista (mediante pactos), como la posterior imposición de impuestos (con lo que ello implica en una sociedad islámica). Se describe la importancia esencial de estas dos circunstancias para acabar destacando la postura positiva hacia el islam del autor de la Crónica Byzantina-Arabica, negativa en autores posteriores. Esto supone una valiosa confirmación textual de los mecanismos de la conquista, escrita menos de un siglo después de haberse producido.

Immigration experience of Latin American working women in Alicante, Spain: an ethnographic study

Objective: to describe the experience of Latin American working women regarding immigration, taking into account the expectations and conditions in which this process takes place. Method: ethnographic qualitative study. Data collection was performed by means of semi-structured interviews with 24 Latin American immigrant women in Spain. The information collected was triangulated through two focal groups. Results: the expectations of migrant women focus on improving family living conditions. Social support is essential for their settling and to perform daily life activities. They declare they have adapted to the settlement country, although they live with stress. They perceive they have greater sexual freedom and power with their partners but keep greater responsibility in childcare, combining that with the role of working woman. Conclusions: migrant women play a key role in the survival of households, they build and create new meanings about being a woman, their understanding of life, their social and couple relationships. Such importance is shaped by their expectations and the conditions in which the migration process takes place, as well as their work integration.