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Recasting Culture and Space in Iberian Contexts

Inbunden, Engelska, 2008

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Anthropological case studies of the interplay of space, culture, and power in Iberia since 1850.Focusing on the interplay of space, culture, and power in Iberia since 1850, this collection of case studies demonstrates how questions about social identities and power are also questions about mapping, texts, and concrete spaces. The late nineteenth and twentieth centuries are marked by a drive toward grandiose ideological conceptualizations that affected the production of ideas about modern geographical space. The contributors examine the links between this historical context and the emergence of specific intellectual traditions, as well as everyday discourses and practices. They also explore the making of conflicted spaces in Portugal and Spain, and in foreign sites impacted by Iberian-origin exile or colonial settlement. The essays compel readers to consider exactly how people's political identifications have been forged through cultural struggles over the uses and meanings of physical spaces, whether these are in Barcelona, Bilbao, villages in the Alto Douro of Portugal or in Galician Spain, Malacca, the countryside near Ávila (the "City of the Saints"), or Catalans' wartime London.

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Utgivningsdatum2008-01-10
Mått152 x 229 x 25 mm
Vikt590 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieSUNY series in National Identities
Antal sidor325
FörlagState University of New York Press
ISBN9780791473115

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Acknowledgments 1. Culture and Space in Iberian AnthropologySharon R. Roseman and Shawn S. Parkhurst PART 1: Colonial Spaces and National Identities 2. The Hidden Empire: Peasants, Nation Building, and the Empire in Portuguese AnthropologyJoão Leal 3. Displaced Identities among the Malacca PortugueseBrian Juan O'Neill 4. Imperialist Ideology and Representations of the Portuguese Provinces during the Early Estado NovoAntónio Medeiros PART 2: Fascism, Cultural Spaces, and Memory Politics 5. Re-presenting the Fascist Classroom: Education as a Space of Memory in Contemporary SpainSusan M. DiGiacomo 6. Cursillos and Concursos in Rural Galicia: The Sección Femenina and the Modernizing Project of the Franco DictatorshipSharon R. Roseman7. Crossing Borders, Reconfiguring Lives: A Catalan Exile Family in Wartime LondonOriol Pi-Sunyer PART 3: Regionality and Space 8. The City and the Countryside: The Virgin of SonsolesMaría Cátedra 9. Race and Space in Interpretations of Portugal: The North-South Division and Representations of Portuguese National Identity in the Nineteenth and Twentieth CenturiesJosé Manuel Sobral 10. Local Correspondence: A Village Writer's Contribution to the Cultural Production of Regionality in the Alto Douro of Northern PortugalShawn S. Parkhurst PART 4: Cultural Politics and the Global 11. Kafe Antzokia: The Global meets the Local in Basque Cultural PoliticsJacqueline Urla Afterword 12. Displacements: The Experience of Vectored Spaces in Peninsular PlacesJames W. Fernandez ContributorsIndex

"…a nicely balanced book, full of fascinating ethnographic material … For anyone seeking an interesting introduction to the anthropology of Iberia, this book would provide an excellent starting-point." — Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute"This overview of current issues of Iberian societies has a very good editorial introduction, comprehensive literature review, and a rich diversity of chapters. It certainly will be very appreciated by readers looking for contemporary information about southern Europe. I anticipate that it will be used in courses and will be cited often." — Cristiana Bastos, Universidade de Lisboa