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Poetry and crisis : cultural politics and citizenship in the wake of the Madrid bombings / Jill Robbins.
LIBRA PN1081 .R63 2019
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Robbins, Jill, 1962- author.
- Series:
- Toronto Iberic series ; no. 47.
- Toronto Iberic series ; no. 47
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Madrid Train Bombings, Madrid, Spain, 2004.
- Madrid Train Bombings, Madrid, Spain, 2004--Social aspects.
- Poetry--Social aspects.
- Social aspects.
- Madrid (Spain)--In literature.
- Madrid (Spain).
- Poetry--Social aspects--Spain--Madrid.
- Poetry.
- Poetry--Therapeutic use.
- Literature.
- Spain--Madrid.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 169 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, [2019]
- Summary:
- "On March 11, 2004 Islamist terrorists carried out a massive bombing on Madrid's largely working class commuter trains. In the wake of the attacks poems, written by travelers of all nationalities figured prominently in grassroot memorials in all of the train stations and on interactive websites. Through an analysis of grassroots memorials, official monuments, websites and anthologies of poems, Poetry and Crisis demonstrates that reading and rereading poetry is a vital exercise in understanding and coming to terms with a catastrophe. Poems provide a space for reflection beyond the parameters of current discourse about an event because they draw on a history of verse about similar events and emotions, allowing the authors and readers to contextualize their pain, anger and loss, and to reflect upon what has happened in a broader framework of human experience."-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Part 1 Poetry, Politics, Performance p. 23
- 1 Rhetoric and Ideology in Grassroots Memorials and Official Monuments p. 29
- 2 Circulation and Performance in Memorial and Media Sites p. 53
- 3 Archives and Grassroots Anthologies: Preservation, Social Action, and Affect p. 67
- Part 2 Poets, Cultural Politics, and Crisis p. 81
- 4 Body, Affect, Flesh p. 89
- 5 Pixel, Bar Code, Algorithm p. 109.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 143-160) and index.
- ISBN:
- 148750473X
- 9781487504731
- OCLC:
- 1113922731
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