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The Silent Letter (Paperback)
Jaume Subirana; Translated by Christopher Whyte
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Award-winning poet, translator, and academic, Jaume Subirana is one
of Catalonia's most treasured poets, winning some of its most
prestigious prizes for his poetry and essays. In an eloquent
translation from accomplished poet and translator Christopher
Whyte, The Silent Letter showcases Subirana's sharp observations,
delicate eye for detail, stunningly beautiful images, and poignant
suspension of the moment.
This book proposes an innovative conceptual framework to explore
cultural organizations at a multilateral level and cultural
mediators as key figures in cultural and institutionalization
processes. Specifically, it analyzes the role of Ibero-American
mediators in the institutionalization of Hispanic and Lusophone
cultures in the first half of the 20th century by means of two
institutional networks: PEN (the non-governmental writer's
association) and the International Institute of Intellectual
Cooperation (predecessor to UNESCO). Attempting to combine cultural
and global history, sociology, and literary studies, the book uses
an analytical focus on intercultural networks and cultural transfer
to investigate the multiple activities and roles that these
mediators and cultural organizations set in motion. Literature has
traditionally studied major figures and important centers of
cultural production, but other regions and localities also played a
crucial role in the development of intellectual cooperation. This
book reappraises the place of Ibero-America in international
cultural relations and retrieves the lost history of key secondary
actors. The book will appeal to scholars from international
relations, global and cultural history, sociology, postcolonial
Studies, world and comparative literature, and New Hispanisms. The
Open Access version of this book, available at
http://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/e/9780429299407, has been made
available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No
Derivatives 4.0 license.
This book proposes an innovative conceptual framework to explore
cultural organizations at a multilateral level and cultural
mediators as key figures in cultural and institutionalization
processes. Specifically, it analyzes the role of Ibero-American
mediators in the institutionalization of Hispanic and Lusophone
cultures in the first half of the 20th century by means of two
institutional networks: PEN (the non-governmental writer's
association) and the International Institute of Intellectual
Cooperation (predecessor to UNESCO). Attempting to combine cultural
and global history, sociology, and literary studies, the book uses
an analytical focus on intercultural networks and cultural transfer
to investigate the multiple activities and roles that these
mediators and cultural organizations set in motion. Literature has
traditionally studied major figures and important centers of
cultural production, but other regions and localities also played a
crucial role in the development of intellectual cooperation. This
book reappraises the place of Ibero-America in international
cultural relations and retrieves the lost history of key secondary
actors. The book will appeal to scholars from international
relations, global and cultural history, sociology, postcolonial
Studies, world and comparative literature, and New Hispanisms. The
Open Access version of this book, available at
http://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/e/9780429299407, has been made
available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No
Derivatives 4.0 license.
Over the last twenty years there has been a growing international
interest in the city of Barcelona. This has been reflected in the
academic world through a series of studies, courses, seminars, and
publications. The Barcelona Reader hinges together a selection of
the best academic articles, written in English, about the city, and
its main elements of identity and interest: art, urban planning,
history and social movements. The book includes scholarly essays
about Barcelona that can be of interest to the student and the
general public alike. It focuses on cultural representations of the
city: the arts (including literature) provide a complex yet
discontinuous portrait of the city, similar to a patchwork. The
authors selected create a kaleidoscope of views and voices thus
presenting a diverse yet inclusive Barcelona portrait. The
Barcelona Reader offers a multifaceted assessment that will be
essential reading for anyone interested in this iconic city.
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