(Mis)Representations: Intersections of Culture and Power

This book brings together several essays presented at the Seventh International Seminar on Culture and Power, held at the University of Alcalá in October 2001. The conference set out to study the ways in which the notions of representation and mis-representation are related to the (mis)uses of power in the English-speaking world. Topics covered in the essays include the relationship between anthropology and literature, textual depictions of the city, and the representation of the (post)colonial world. The contributors also explore the validity of the categories of class, gender and race in a literary, cultural and educational context.

The Editors: Fernando Galván is Professor of English at the University of Alcalá (Madrid, Spain), and a current member of the Board of ESSE (European Society for the Study of English). He has also been President of the Spanish Association for Anglo-American Studies (AEDEAN) during the period 1996-2002.
Julio Cañero Serrano is Senior Lecturer in English at the University of Alcalá. He has published widely on cultural studies and American literature. He is currently a member of the Board of the Iberian Association for Cultural Studies.
José Santiago Fernández Vázquez is Senior Lecturer in English at the University of Alcalá. His research covers English fiction and postcolonial studies. He has recently published two books on the use of Bildungsroman in European and postcolonial literatures.