Postmodern Spain
Title | Postmodern Spain PDF eBook |
Author | Antonio Sánchez |
Publisher | Peter Lang |
Pages | 228 |
Release | 2007 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9783039109142 |
Postmodern Spain examines the cultural transformation experienced by Spanish society during the late 1980s and 1990s. By looking at specific aspects of culture, the representation of the human subject, the past, and the transformation of the city this book critically re-assesses the validity of postmodernism in Spain. Focusing on the novels written by Juan Goytisolo during this period this book examines the representation and development of the human subject and its identification with the marginalized 'other(s)'. It further analyses various representations of the Spanish Civil War, challenging the prevalent view of post-Franco Spain as suffering from amnesia, and thereby vindicates postmodern historical representations as a valid dialogue with the past. The third chapter examines Barcelona's urban redevelopment, analysing the transformation effected in some of its popular sites as a postmodern re-formulation of the city as a fluid, flexible public space. Finally it brings its previous findings to bear on an analysis of the Barcelona 1992 Olympic Games. It argues that these celebrations constituted a performance of Spain's 'new' cultural identity designed for global, national and local consumption. Thus, these cultural celebrations corroborated the emergence of postmodernism as a cultural dominant which has exceeded modern and pre-modern cultural practices while, paradoxically, containing and enhancing both.
Postmodern Metapoetry and the Replenishment of the Spanish Lyrical Genre, 1980-2000
Title | Postmodern Metapoetry and the Replenishment of the Spanish Lyrical Genre, 1980-2000 PDF eBook |
Author | Matthew J. Marr |
Publisher | La Sirena |
Pages | 148 |
Release | 2007 |
Genre | Postmodernism (Literature) |
ISBN | 9781901704105 |
Postmodernity in Spanish Fiction and Culture
Title | Postmodernity in Spanish Fiction and Culture PDF eBook |
Author | Yaw Agawu-Kakraba |
Publisher | University of Wales Press |
Pages | 291 |
Release | 2010-10-15 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 1783164093 |
Postmodernity in Spanish Fiction and Culture attempts a concise approach to the question of postmodernity in Spain since the advent of democracy. The study presents Spain as one of the most postmodern of all European nations and argues that exclusive social and cultural experiences such as the movida, the desencanto, political pasotismo, immigration, globalization, and terrorism are not only patently Spanish but also that in their totality, they constitute a powerful postmodern current in Spain.
Hybrid Identity and the Utopian Impulse in the Postmodern Spanish-American Comic Novel
Title | Hybrid Identity and the Utopian Impulse in the Postmodern Spanish-American Comic Novel PDF eBook |
Author | Paul R. McAleer |
Publisher | Boydell & Brewer |
Pages | 181 |
Release | 2015 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 1855662973 |
The author examines the role of comedy in the novels of four key postmodern Spanish-American writers: Gustavo Sainz, Alfredo Bryce Echenique, Jaime Bayly and Fernando Vallejo.
New Spain, New Literatures
Title | New Spain, New Literatures PDF eBook |
Author | Luis Martín-Estudillo |
Publisher | Vanderbilt University Press |
Pages | 321 |
Release | 2010-09-27 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0826517250 |
Hispanic Studies; Literature; Latin American Studies.
Four Postmodern Poets of Spain
Title | Four Postmodern Poets of Spain PDF eBook |
Author | Kay Pritchett |
Publisher | |
Pages | 256 |
Release | 1991 |
Genre | Poetry |
ISBN |
Postmodern Fiction in Europe and the Americas
Title | Postmodern Fiction in Europe and the Americas PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | BRILL |
Pages | 206 |
Release | 1988 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 9004647201 |