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Record Nr.

UNINA9910789739803321

Autore

Richardson Nathan E. <1968->

Titolo

Constructing Spain [[electronic resource] ] : the re-imagination of space and place in fiction and film, 1953-2003 / / Nathan Richardson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Md., : Bucknell University Press, 2012

ISBN

1-283-36247-3

9786613362476

1-61148-397-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (355 p.)

Disciplina

863/.6409

Soggetti

Spanish fiction - 20th century - History and criticism

Literature and society - Spain

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

Spain In motion pictures

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: Spanish territories, global geographies: exploring space and place in a new Spain -- The production of space and place in Franco's Spain, 1953-1970 -- Building beyond Spain: readings from the Spanish novel, 1970-1989 -- Sacred Spain: creative destruction in the Spanish cinema, 1961-2000 -- The world will be redonda, or the dark back of community: the narrative world of Javier Marías, 1989-1996 -- Preserving the house while pursuing the world: Julio Medem's engagement with Basque space, from Vacas to La Pelota Vasca, 1992-2003 -- Afterword: Spanish grammars of creation: re-conceiving, perceiving, and practicing space for the twenty-first century.

Sommario/riassunto

Constructing Spain explores the interactions between culture, geography, and society over fifty years of recent Spanish history through close readings of over a dozen films and novels.