Hispanic Urban Studies – serie
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22 produkter
Toward an Urban Cultural Studies
Henri Lefebvre and the Humanities
Inbunden, 2015
932 kr
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Toward an Urban Cultural Studies is a call for a new interdisciplinary area of research and teaching. Blending Urban Studies and Cultural Studies, this book grounds readers in the extensive theory of the prolific French philosopher Henri Lefebvre.
Ecuadorians in Madrid
Migrants' Place in Urban History
Inbunden, 2016
551 kr
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In the decade between 1998-2008, Spain became the main destination for Ecuadorian migrants, and Madrid, Spain's capital, became the city with the largest Ecuadorian population outside of Ecuador. Through a combination of ethnographic research and cultural analysis, this book addresses the …
Poetics of Opposition in Contemporary Spain
Politics and the Work of Urban Culture
Inbunden, 2015
551 kr
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Pairing cultural analysis in urban contexts with interdisciplinary approaches to political culture, this book argues that recent cultural production in Spain grapples with the conditions and possibilities for social transformation in dialogue with the ongoing crisis, neoliberal governance, and …
Sacred and Modernity in Urban Spain
Beyond the Secular City
Av Antonio Cordoba, Daniel García-Donoso
Inbunden, 2015
1095 kr
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This book explores how modernity, the urban, and the sacred overlap in fundamental ways in contemporary Spain. Urban spaces have traditionally been seen as the original sites of modernity, history, progress, and a Weberian systematic disenchantment of the world, while the sacred has been linked to …
Toward an Urban Cultural Studies
Henri Lefebvre and the Humanities
Häftad, 2015
568 kr
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Toward an Urban Cultural Studies is a call for a new interdisciplinary area of research and teaching. Blending Urban Studies and Cultural Studies, this book grounds readers in the extensive theory of the prolific French philosopher Henri Lefebvre.
Ecuadorians in Madrid
Migrants' Place in Urban History
Häftad, 2016
551 kr
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In the decade between 1998-2008, Spain became the main destination for Ecuadorian migrants, and Madrid, Spain's capital, became the city with the largest Ecuadorian population outside of Ecuador. Through a combination of ethnographic research and cultural analysis, this book addresses the …
Sacred and Modernity in Urban Spain
Beyond the Secular City
Av Antonio Cordoba, Daniel García-Donoso
Häftad, 2019
1095 kr
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This book explores how modernity, the urban, and the sacred overlap in fundamental ways in contemporary Spain. Urban spaces have traditionally been seen as the original sites of modernity, history, progress, and a Weberian systematic disenchantment of the world, while the sacred has been linked to …
Urban Spaces in Contemporary Latin American Literature
Av José Eduardo González, Timothy R. Robbins
Häftad, 2019
1199 kr
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This collection of essays studies the depiction of contemporary urban space in twenty-first century Latin American fiction. The contributors to this volume seek to understand the characteristics that make the representation of the postmodern city in a Latin American context unique. The chapters …
Dystopian Imagination in Contemporary Spanish Literature and Film
Häftad, 2018
646 kr
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This study examines contemporary Spanish dystopian literature and films (in)directly related to the 2008 financial crisis from an urban cultural studies perspective. It explores culturally-charged landscapes that effectively convey the zeitgeist and reveal deep-rooted anxieties about issues such as …
Anarchist Socialism in Early Twentieth-Century Spain
A Ricardo Mella Anthology
Inbunden, 2020
1016 kr
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Anarchist Socialism in Early 20th Century Spain is the first English translation of and critical introduction to Ideario, a collection of newspaper and journal articles written by Spanish anarchist Ricardo Mella. Given that Mella is virtually unknown to the English-speaking world, this book …
Anarchist Socialism in Early Twentieth-Century Spain
A Ricardo Mella Anthology
Häftad, 2021
1016 kr
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Anarchist Socialism in Early 20th Century Spain is the first English translation of and critical introduction to Ideario, a collection of newspaper and journal articles written by Spanish anarchist Ricardo Mella. Given that Mella is virtually unknown to the English-speaking world, this book …
Subterranean Space in Contemporary Mexico City Literature
Inbunden, 2021
1199 kr
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This book studies the role of subterranean spaces in literary works about Mexico City. It analyzes how underground spaces such as the subway, the sewage system, tunnels, crypts, and the subsoil itself relate to the whole of the city in a body of works published after 1985, the year of the deadliest …
Subterranean Space in Contemporary Mexico City Literature
Häftad, 2022
842 kr
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This book studies the role of subterranean spaces in literary works about Mexico City. It analyzes how underground spaces such as the subway, the sewage system, tunnels, crypts, and the subsoil itself relate to the whole of the city in a body of works published after 1985, the year of the deadliest …
Public Everyday Space
Cultural Politics in Neoliberal Barcelona
Inbunden, 2024
1422 kr
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This book explores how everyday practices in public space (sitting, playing, walking, etc.) challenge the increase of top-down control in the global city. Public Everyday Space focuses on post-Olympic Barcelona—a time of unprecedented levels of gentrification, branding, mass tourism, and …
Public Everyday Space
Cultural Politics in Neoliberal Barcelona
Häftad, 2025
1422 kr
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This book explores how everyday practices in public space (sitting, playing, walking, etc.) challenge the increase of top-down control in the global city. Public Everyday Space focuses on post-Olympic Barcelona—a time of unprecedented levels of gentrification, branding, mass tourism, and …
Urban Memories
The Second Spanish Republic in Madrid’s Public Space, 1979–1992
Inbunden, 2025
1861 kr
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The book explores the symbolic emergence of the Second Spanish Republic in Madrid’s public space in the aftermath of Francisco Franco’s dictatorship. Despite the constraints of a transition to democracy premised on restoring the Bourbon monarchy and promoting national reconciliation, Madrid …
Gender in Spanish Urban Spaces
Literary and Visual Narratives of the New Millennium
Av Maria C. DiFrancesco, Debra J. Ochoa
Inbunden, 2018
1240 kr
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This edited collection examines the synergistic relationship between gender and urban space in post-millennium Spain. Despite the social progress Spain has made extending equal rights to all citizens, particularly in the wake of the Franco regime and radically liberating Transición, the fact …
Politics of Architecture in Contemporary Argentine Cinema
Inbunden, 2017
960 kr
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This book considers how architectural landmarks, imagined buildings and urban landscapes take part in the production of meaning in contemporary Argentine cinema. From the iconic Buenos Aires Obelisk to the Hilton International Hotel, the shopping center to the café and the Le Corbusier-designed …
Gender in Spanish Urban Spaces
Literary and Visual Narratives of the New Millennium
Av Maria C. DiFrancesco, Debra J. Ochoa
Häftad, 2019
961 kr
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This edited collection examines the synergistic relationship between gender and urban space in post-millennium Spain. Despite the social progress Spain has made extending equal rights to all citizens, particularly in the wake of the Franco regime and radically liberating Transición, the fact …
Politics of Architecture in Contemporary Argentine Cinema
Häftad, 2018
960 kr
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This book considers how architectural landmarks, imagined buildings and urban landscapes take part in the production of meaning in contemporary Argentine cinema. From the iconic Buenos Aires Obelisk to the Hilton International Hotel, the shopping center to the café and the Le Corbusier-designed …
Urban Spaces in Contemporary Latin American Literature
Av José Eduardo González, Timothy R. Robbins
Inbunden, 2018
1199 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This collection of essays studies the depiction of contemporary urban space in twenty-first century Latin American fiction. The contributors to this volume seek to understand the characteristics that make the representation of the postmodern city in a Latin American context unique. The chapters …
Dystopian Imagination in Contemporary Spanish Literature and Film
Inbunden, 2018
961 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This study examines contemporary Spanish dystopian literature and films (in)directly related to the 2008 financial crisis from an urban cultural studies perspective. It explores culturally-charged landscapes that effectively convey the zeitgeist and reveal deep-rooted anxieties about issues such as …
