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Record Nr.

UNINA9910456851803321

Autore

Pavlovic Tatjana

Titolo

The Mobile Nation [[electronic resource] ] : España Cambia de Piel (1954-1964)

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bristol, : Intellect, 2011

ISBN

1-283-16291-1

9786613162915

1-84150-541-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (232 p.)

Disciplina

946.0825

Soggetti

Motion pictures -- Spain -- History -- 20th century

Spain -- Cultural policy -- History -- 20th century

Spain -- History -- 20th century

Regions & Countries - Europe

History & Archaeology

Spain & Portugal

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; Preliminary Pages; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter I: La hora del lector: Literature and the publishing industry; Chapter II: Television (Hi)stories: 'Un escaparate en cada hogar'; Chapter III: Voces de oro: Spain, modernity, and the child-star system; Chapter IV: Spain's mass tourism: Condenada belleza del mundo; Chapter V: Mobile subjects: La vida sobre ruedas; Bibliography; Index; Back Cover

Sommario/riassunto

The last five years have witnessed a surge in publications on Spanish cinema and Spanish cultural studies, but the subject of consumer culture in Spain has been neglected until now. The Mobile Nation: España cambia de piel (1954-1964) presents the first systematic treatment of this crucial period during Spain's transition to modernity and highlights the forces that converged during this dramatic decade to change the face of Spain. Drawing from the methodologies of literature,



film studies, cultural studies, feminist theory, and history, The Mobile Nation explores consumer culture in Spanish me