New Readings in Latin American and Spanish Literary and Cultural Studies
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Presenting and interrogating a range of texts and discourses, this collection brings into focus a broad range of topics whose common denominator is the intersection between cultural productions and politics in different moments of the history of Latin America and Spain. From the struggles of class distinction, identity and community in 19th and 20th century and contemporary Latin America as explored in photography, literature and film, to how political and sexual transgressions from medieval times to the present are portrayed in Hispanic literature, and the ways that canonical and non-canonical texts in Spain have been defying hegemonic power relations in the 20th Century and beyond. This volume provides fresh approaches from well-established scholars, as well as from a new generation of researchers whose works enlighten the reader about the rich facets of such intersections. This publication also offers a background to pursue further research in these areas and to serve the general public interested in Latin American and Spanish literary and cultural studies, and those seeking a greater understanding of social and economic change in both Latin America and Spain: specifically, the constraints on state power in the neoliberal era; issues of inclusion and citizenship; the strategies used by texts to create subjects that are not bound to conventional identity formations; and the challenges and possibilities of subverting the gaze of the institutional spectator.
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LOC Call Number
PQ7081 .A1 N49 2014
ISBN
9781443855372
Publication Date
2014
Department
Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures
Publisher
Cambridge Scholars Publishing
City
Newcastle
Recommended Citation
Martins, Laura M., "New Readings in Latin American and Spanish Literary and Cultural Studies" (2014).