Postcolonial Spain : Coloniality, Violence and Independence / Helena Miguelez-Carballeira, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Miguélez-Carballeira, Helena, editor.

Series:

Iberian and Latin American studies.

Iberian and Latin American Studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Postcolonialism.

Self-determination, National.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (253 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Cardiff, England : University of Wales Press, [2024]

Summary:

This book examines the complexities of postcolonial dynamics within Spain, focusing on contested internal colonialities throughout the twentieth century. It delves into themes like corporal precarity, the Catalan independence movement, neocolonial logic in contemporary culture, and transnational influences on Majorcan identity. The work explores political violence, art and resistance in Basque memories, and modernity's challenges in Spain. It also addresses rural coloniality, hegemonic memory politics, and architectural models within the Spanish context. With contributions from various scholars, this volume aims to provide a comprehensive understanding of Spain's cultural and political evolution. It targets academics and students interested in Iberian and Latin American studies, history, and cultural studies. Generated by AI.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents

Series Editors’ Foreword

Acknowledgements

List of Illustrations

Notes on Contributors

Introduction The Spanish Postcolonial Continuum: Contested Internal Colonialities in the Long Spanish Twentieth Century

Chapter 1: Otherness and Corporal Precarity: On the Representation of Torture in Post-Franco Spain

Chapter 2: The Spanish State of Catalan Exception: Building the Necessity behind Exceptional Rule on Catalan Independence

Chapter 3: The Persistence of Neocolonial Logic in Fernando León de Aranoa’s Amador

Chapter 4: Contemporary Majorcan Culture and the Transnational Tourist Gaze: Colonial Dynamics, Cultural Identity and Spatial Dispossession

Chapter 5: Conflict as a Place of Consensus: The Representation of Political Violence in Harkaitz Cano’s Twist and Ramon Saizarbitoria’s Martutene

Chapter 6: Pakean Utzi Arte: Art and Resistance in Basque Subaltern Memories

Chapter 7: Truncated Modernities: Chillida, Tindaya, Fuerteventura

Chapter 8: The Spanish Rural Subject and the Instituto Nacional de Colonización (1939–71): Coloniality, Biopolitics and Memory

Chapter 9: Hegemonic Memory Politics and the Basque Nationalist Party: Antifascism and the Question of Violence

Chapter 10: The Failed Panopticon? Architecture, Social Projects and the Problematic Notion of ‘Model’ in Barcelona’s La Model Prison

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ISBN:

9781837721078

1837721076

OCLC:

1430660312