Poetry and Crisis : Cultural Politics and Citizenship in the Wake of the Madrid Bombings / Jill Robbins.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Robbins, Jill, Author.

Series:

Toronto Iberic

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Madrid Train Bombings, Madrid, Spain, 2004.

Madrid Train Bombings, Madrid, Spain, 2004--Social aspects.

Poetry--Social aspects--Spain--Madrid.

Poetry.

Poetry--Therapeutic use.

Madrid (Spain)--In literature.

Madrid (Spain).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (186 pages)

Place of Publication:

Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2020]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

On March 11, 2004, Islamist terrorists carried out a massive bombing on Madrid's largely working-class commuter trains, leaving 191 people dead and more than 1,500 others wounded. This event, known in Spain as 11-M, was the second of three highly visible jihadist attacks on the West between 2001 and 2005, and the first in Europe, occurring just days before the national elections in Spain. Arguing that 11-M marked a critical turning point in Spanish society, this book reveals how poetry played a unique role and reflected a new political and cultural sensibility defined by informal and non-hierarchical networks of communication and memorialization. After the attacks, poems circulated in public spaces in unexpected ways, creating links and relationships that were binding: they were inscribed on banners and monuments; musicalized in anthems, protest songs, and hip-hop music; reproduced on manifestos and blogs; sent by email and text; scribbled on scraps of paper and posted on walls; performed publicly; and painted as graffiti. These forms of expression also resonated strongly with Spanish poets who had already been exploring the possibilities of ethical engagement and aesthetic creation. Poetry and Crisis explores how this essentially poetic sensibility emerged from tragedy, laying the groundwork for similar kinds of affective and grassroots mobilization that continue to grow in Europe today.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Illustrations

Acknowledgments

Introduction

PART ONE. Poetry, Politics, Performance

PART TWO. Poets, Cultural Politics, and Crisis

Conclusions

Notes

Works Cited

Index

Toronto Iberic

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 06. Apr 2020)

ISBN:

1-4875-3079-X

1-4875-3078-1

OCLC:

1131818872