Constructing Identity in Twentieth-Century Spain: Theoretical Debates and Cultural Practice - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0198159935 ISBN 13: 9780198159933

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2002

Synopsis

This volume is designed to further the study of Spanish culture in the broad sense of the network of symbolic systems through which social groups construct and negotiate a sense of identity or identities. The aim is to introduce readers to current theoretical debates in a range of disciplines, as well as to inform them about specific areas of twentieth-century Spanish culture.

About this title

About the Author

Jo Labanyi is Professor of Spanish and Cultural Studies at the University of Southampton and Director of the Institute of Romance Studies, School of Advanced Study, University of London. Her books include (ed. with Lou Charnon-Deutsch) Culture and Gender in Nineteenth-Century Spain (1995), (ed. with Helen Graham) Spanish Cultural Studies (1995), and Gender and Modernization in the Spanish Realist Novel (2000), all published by Oxford University Press.

Review

Review from other book by this author The authors include both established and young academics and the essays are readable and informative./Forum for Modern Language Studies 35 : 4 1999

`a challenge to Hispanists to broaden our perspectives and a practical aid in our everyday teaching and research ... a major contribution to resources for the study of twentieth-century Spain ... The editors are to be complimented on their thoughtful use of illustrations ... a
brilliantly-conceived and well-executed volume which will no doubt be indispensable to all students, teachers and enthusiasts of Spanish culture.'
Kathryn Crameri, JHR 4 (1995-1996)

`I look forward to using this text; a book dealing so comprehensively with such a wide range of issues is well overdue.'
Cathy Warshall, Staffordshire University

`Labanyi...does not rest on the laurels of her earlier publications. Instead, she probes further into the field of cultural studies.'
Modernism/Modernity

`Because of the scope and quality of its approach this is a textbook which lays the foundations for Spanish Cultural Studies ... The volume is both informative and accessible and will become a key reference work for a large spectrum of curricular disciplines and comparative courses.'
Tesserae

`Because of the scope and quality of its approach this is a textbook which lays the foundations for Spanish Cultural Stuies and marks the entry of this discipline into a movement within the humanities long established in other academic departments and especially dominant in Latin-American
studies. The volume is both informative and accessible and will become a key reference work for a large spectrum of curricular disciplines and comparative courses.'
Xon De Ros, King's College, London, Tesserae 2 (1996)

`the breadth of the fields and topics covered is to be applauded, for the book is in fact tightly structured ... The need for brevity in each article has forced a concise style upon the authors who have pared down and concentrated their material, which makes for a stimulating read. The book is
enlivened by apt illustrations with useful explanatory captions, a good glossary and politico-cultural chronology. Altogether a must for the Reading List.'
Monica Threlfall, Loughborough University, Journal of Area Studies 9: 1996

Edition details

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0198159935
• ISBN 13: 9780198159933
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 358
• Editor: Labanyi Jo