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Encyclopedia of Contemporary Spanish Culture
Some 750 alphabetically-arranged entries provide insights into recent cultural and political developments within Spain, including the cultures of Catalonia, Galicia and the Basque country. Coverage spans from the end of the Civil War in 1939 to the present day, with emphasis on the changes following the demise of the Franco dictatorship in 1975. Entries range from shorter, factual articles to longer overview essays offering in-depth treatment of major issues. Culture is defined in its broadest sense. Entries include: *Antonio Gaudí * science * Antonio Banderas * golf * dance * education * politics * racism * urbanization This Encyclopedia is essential reading for anyone interested in Spanish culture. It provides essential cultural context for students of Spanish, European History, Comparative European Studies and Cultural Studies.
Outing en España
"Outing en España" es el libro de referencia en España sobre la visibilidad homosexual. Escrito en el año 2000 por el profesor Fernando Bruquetas y prologado por el ministro Jerónimo Saavedra, que salió del armario en su texto, supuso un auténtico "boom" editorial que ahora se ofrece en formato digital. Entonces, ni siquiera las asociaciones gays pedían la igualdad de derechos y se conformaban con una ley de parejas de hecho que regulara sus uniones. Sus reuniones seguían siendo clandestinas por toda España y muy pocos se atrevían a exhibir su condición sexual. En este libro se reunió a todos los que quisieron hacerlo, fueron los primeros españoles que decidieron salir del armario porque los gays habían sido el último de los colectivos en reivindicar sus derechos y libertades individuales desde la muerte de Franco.
Crossing Through Chueca
An exploration of queer Madrid's physical and symbolic literary culture.
A Companion to Spanish Cinema
A Companion to Spanish Cinema is a bold collection of newly commissioned essays written by top international scholars that thoroughly interrogates Spanish cinema from a variety of thematic, theoretical and historic perspectives. Presents an insightful and provocative collection of newly commissioned essays and original research by top international scholars from a variety of theoretical, disciplinary and geographical perspectives Offers a systematic historical, thematic, and theoretical approach to Spanish cinema, unique in the field Combines a thorough and insightful study of a wide spectrum of topics and issues with in-depth textual analysis of specific films Explores Spanish cinema’s cultural, artistic, industrial, theoretical and commercial contexts pre- and post-1975 and the notion of a “national” cinema Canonical directors and stars are examined alongside understudied directors, screenwriters, editors, and secondary actors Presents original research on image and sound; genre; non-fiction film; institutions, audiences and industry; and relations to other media, as well as a theoretically-driven section designed to stimulate innovative research
Spanish Comics
Spanish comics represent an exciting and diverse field, yet one that is often overlooked outside of Spain. Spanish Comics offers an overview on contemporary scholarship on Spanish comics, focusing on a wide range of comics dating from the Francoist dictatorship, 1939-1975; the Political Transition, 1970-1985; and Democratic Spain since the early 1980s including the emergence of the graphic novel in 2000. Touching on themes of memory, gender, regional identities, and history, the chapters in this collection demonstrate the historical and cultural significance of Spanish comics.
Toward a Cultural Archive of la Movida
Toward a Cultural Archive of la Movida revisits the cultural and social milieu in which laMovida, an explosion of artistic production in the late 1970s and early 1980s, was articulated discursively, aesthetically, socially, and politically. We connect this experience with a broader national and international context that takes it beyond the city of Madrid and outside the borders of Spain. This collection of essays links the political and social undertakings of this cultural period with youth movements in Spain and other international counter-cultural or underground movements. Moving away from biographical experiences or the identification of further participants and works that belong to laMo...
Mixing Pop and Politics
The political has always been part of popular music, but how does that play out in today’s musical and political landscape? Mixing Pop and Politics: Political Dimensions of Popular Music in the 21st Century provides an innovative exploration of the complex politics of popular music in its contemporary formations. Amid the shifting paradigms of power in the 2020s, the chapters in this book go beyond the idea of popular music as protest to explore how resistance, subversion, containment, and reconciliation all interact in the popular music realm. Covering a wide range of international artists and genres, from South African hip-hop to Polish punk, and addressing topics such as climate change and environmentalism, feminism, diasporic identity, political parties, music-making as labour, the far right, conservatism and nostalgia, and civic engagement, the contributors expand our understanding of how popular music is political. For students and scholars of music, popular culture, and politics, the volume offers a broad, exciting snapshot of the latest scholarship on contemporary popular music and politics.
Following Franco
The transition to democracy that followed the death of Spanish dictator Francisco Franco in 1975 was once hailed as a model of political transformation. But since the 2008 financial crisis it has come under intense scrutiny. Today, a growing divide exists between advocates of the Transition and those who see it as the source of Spain’s current socio-political bankruptcy. This book revisits the crucial period from 1962 to 1992, exposing the networks of art, media and power that drove the Transition and continue to underpin Spanish politics in the present. Drawing on rare archival materials and over three hundred interviews with politicians, artists, journalists and ordinary Spaniards, including former prime minister Felipe Gonzalez (1982–96), Following Franco unlocks the complex and often contradictory narratives surrounding the foundation of contemporary Spain.
Alaska y otras historias de la movida
La movida madrileña es uno de los períodos culturales más ricos, interesantes y, sobre todo, divertidos de la más reciente historia española. Grupos como Kaka de Luxe, Pegamoides y, después, Dinarama; centros de reunión como la casa de los pintores Costus; películas como Pepi, Luci, Bom y otras chicas del montón, de Pedro Almodóvar; el programa La edad de Oro, de Paloma Chamorro o el estudio del fotógrafo Pablo Pérez Mínguez Fueron escenarios imprescindibles para un acontecimiento social y artístico que, entre 1977 y 1984, agitó los cimientos culturales de un país. Todas estas manifestaciones transcurren alrededor de Alaska, icono de la cultura popular y elemento aglutinador ...
Fashioning Spain
Using a range of case studies and methodologies, this book explores connections between fashion and culture in 20th- to 21st-century Spain, and provides a model for understanding these connections worldwide.
