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The research collected in this volume consists of 18 chapters which explore a number of key areas of investigation in contemporary Iberian studies. As the title suggests, there is a strong emphasis on trans-national and trans-regional approaches to the subject area, reflecting current discourse and scholarship, but the contributions are not limited by these approaches and include an eclectic range of recent work by scholars of history, politics, literature, the visual arts and cultural and social studies, often working in transdisciplinary ways. The geographical scope of the transnational processes considered range from intra-Iberian interconnections to those with the UK, Italy and Morocco, as well as transatlantic influences between the Peninsula and Argentina, Cuba and Brazil. The book opens up some pioneering new directions in research in Iberian studies, as well as variety of fresh approaches to hitherto neglected aspects of more familiar issues.
Narratives of contemporary Spanish writer Soledad Puértolas (1947-), inducted into the Real Academia Española in 2010, depict the psychological struggles of the individual in postmodern democratic European society. Puértolas’s realist style emphasizes storytelling and character portrayal, and her urban middle-class characters seek satisfying interactions with others and a sense of purpose. Memory aids characters in their quest for meaning and identity, and their use of memory reveals their self-perception and outlook on life. This book maps four ways in which Puértolas’s narratives use memory to approach the fundamental problem of the individual’s search for purpose and identity. S...
Ouvrage de préparation au concours du CAPES externe d'espagnol.
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Le vampirisme se définit comme un transfert d'énergie vitale d'un être à un autre, associant le sang, le sexe et la mort et qui constitue la forme ultime de la domination ou du parasitisme. Cet ouvrage, fruit d'une recherche collective transdisciplinaire, reconsidère les origines du vampirisme puis explore les formes et les dimensions qu'il revêt dans la littérature et dans les Arts, cinéma et musique notamment.
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I contributi di questo volume analizzano il tema della resilienza al femminile in testi che appartengono a diversi periodi e contesti storici e a generi differenti. Ciò che li accomuna è la centralità nella propria analisi della definizione di resilienza in psicologia, quale capacità di fronteggiare e riorganizzare positivamente la propria vita a seguito di un evento traumatico. L’immagine – suggerita da Zolli e Healy – del mare in tempesta e degli esseri umani che, sulle imbarcazioni, non riescono ad arginare l’impeto dell’acqua, rende visivamente la dinamica problematicità del Mediterraneo, specie se declinata al femminile, così come analizzata nei saggi presenti in questo volume. Gli articoli non solo prendono in esame tale criticità, ma esplorano la tensione tra quelle situazioni di avversità e la capacità dei personaggi femminili di saper re-immaginare il futuro, trasformando “i rottami” di quella stesse “barche in tempesta” in opportunità.