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This volume explores the history, evolution, and future of
Luso-Hispanic Cultural Studies as a discipline, a pedagogical tool,
and a set of working practices by bringing together a diverse group
of renowned specialists to examine how the field has grown out of
and radically reconsidered some of the basic premises of British
Cultural Studies since the 1950s to address the many cultures of
the Spanish and Portuguese-speaking world. The chapters in this
volume address How Cultural Studies is being practiced in the
increasingly virtual mediascapes of the twenty-first century What
happens to basic critical assumptions about culture and power after
they have passed through the filter of Post-Colonial and Decolonial
Studies of the Luso-Hispanic world How we understand the role of
culture in light of recent experiences with radical demographic
shifts, populism and civil unrest within Latin America, Iberian and
the Latino U.S How new ways of practising Luso-Hispanic Cultural
Studies have worked their way into our pedagogy and the structure
of the curriculum in the age of the increasingly privatized
neoliberal university Providing keen insight and reflection on
these questions, this volume is an essential read for scholars and
students of Visual and Film Studies, Latin American and Iberian
Studies, Luso-Brazilian Studies, Language and Culture Pedagogy,
Global Studies, and for anyone interested in Cultural Studies
across the Luso-Hispanic world.
While the simultaneously creative and destructive forces of
modernity in Western Europe have been well studied, the case of
Spain has often been overlooked. Visualizing Spanish Modernity
concentrates on the time period 1868-1939, which marks not only the
beginning of the formation of a modern economy and the
consolidation of the liberal state, but also the growth of urban
centers and spaces made possible by electricity, transportation,
mass production and the emergence of an entertainment industry. The
authors examine how mass print culture, early cinema, popular
drama, photography, fashion, painting, museums and urban planning
played a role in the way that Spanish society saw itself and was in
turn seen by the rest of the world. Assessing how new cultural
forms were instrumental in shaping Spaniards into citizens of the
modern world, the authors consider such subjects as the spectacle
of the body, notions of race and gender, the changing meanings of
time, space and motion, the relationship between technology and
everyday life and popular culture.
While the simultaneously creative and destructive forces of
modernity in Western Europe have been well studied, the case of
Spain has often been overlooked. Visualizing Spanish Modernity
concentrates on the time period 1868-1939, which marks not only the
beginning of the formation of a modern economy and the
consolidation of the liberal state, but also the growth of urban
centers and spaces made possible by electricity, transportation,
mass production and the emergence of an entertainment industry. The
authors examine how mass print culture, early cinema, popular
drama, photography, fashion, painting, museums and urban planning
played a role in the way that Spanish society saw itself and was in
turn seen by the rest of the world. Assessing how new cultural
forms were instrumental in shaping Spaniards into citizens of the
modern world, the authors consider such subjects as the spectacle
of the body, notions of race and gender, the changing meanings of
time, space and motion, the relationship between technology and
everyday life and popular culture.
The best of Susan Larson, former columnist of the Gwinnett Daily
Post. "A delightful walk through the woods of life, one column at a
time."
Ruthie Rossley loves horses more than anything. When her parents
buy an old dairy farm Upstate, she struggles to persuade them to
give her the pony of her dreams. When they finally relent, she buys
the first horse she sees. Sam. He's huge, ugly, opinionated and
rank to shoe. Ruthie, her sister Evvie and Sam learn to love and
care for each other. Sam teaches Ruthie horsewomanship: that is,
courage, patience, self-control and forgiveness. Often Sam's
lessons are learned the hard way. Confronted with family strife and
misfortune, Ruthie realizes it is time to use her horse sense on
people: she must forgive her troubled father, and honor the patient
courage of her mother. Can this young girl gain control her rage
and hurt, and re-unite her family? Sam knows the answer. YA
Fiction, 212 pages.
"Your child has autism" - four small words with the power to leave
parents feeling helpless, overwhelmed, and confused. This concise,
no-nonsense book will enable parents to regain control of the
situation and take the first practical steps towards a calm and
happy life with their newly-diagnosed child. Dr. Larson Kidd's
approach draws from the vast amount of information available on
parenting a child with autism and distils it into ten manageable
steps. It covers the key aspects of life with a child on the autism
spectrum, including the basics such as sleeping, eating, and
toileting, through adapting the home, creating routines, and
exploring therapy. Ready-to-implement strategies are outlined
simply and clearly, and are firmly grounded in the author's
extensive experience of supporting children with autism. This
practical book will be essential and empowering reading for every
parent whose child has recently been diagnosed with autism or for
parents still struggling with where to begin to help their child.
This book studies the urban spaces imagined by the technocrats who
had the power to shape Madrid between 1900 and 1936 and relates
them to the fiction of authors who responded by creating utopian
and dystopian narratives.
The literary tradition of New Orleans spans centuries and
touches every genre; its living heritage winds through storied
neighborhoods and is celebrated at numerous festivals across the
city. For booklovers, a visit to the Big Easy isn't complete
without whiling away the hours in an antiquarian bookstore in the
French Quarter or stepping out on a literary walking tour. Perhaps
only among the oak-lined avenues, Creole town houses, and famed
hotels of New Orleans can the lust of A Streetcar Named Desire, the
zaniness of A Confederacy of Dunces, the chill of Interview with
the Vampire, and the heartbreak of Walker Percy's Moviegoer begin
to resonate.
Susan Larson's revised and updated edition of The Booklover's
Guide to New Orleans not only explores the legacy of Tennessee
Williams and William Faulkner, but also visits the haunts of
celebrated writers of today, including Anne Rice and James Lee
Burke. This definitive guide provides a key to the books, authors,
festivals, stores, and famed addresses that make the Crescent City
a literary destination.
Toward a Cultural Archive of la Movida revisits the cultural and
social milieu in which la Movida, an explosion of artistic
production in the late 1970s and early 1980s, was articulated
discursively, aesthetically, socially, and politically. We connect
this experience with a broader national and international context
that takes it beyond the city of Madrid and outside the borders of
Spain. This collection of essays links the political and social
undertakings of this cultural period with youth movements in Spain
and other international counter-cultural or underground movements.
Moving away from biographical experiences or the identification of
further participants and works that belong to la Movida, the
articles collected in this volume situate this movement within the
political and social development of post-Franco Spain. Finally, it
also offers a reading of recent politically motivated recoveries of
this cultural phenomenon through exhibitions, state sponsored
documentaries, musicals, or tourist itineraries. The perception of
Spain as representative of a successful dual transition from
dictatorship to democracy and free market capitalism created a
"Spanish model" that has been emulated in countries like Portugal,
Argentina, Chile and Hungary, all formerly ruled by totalitarian
regimes. While social scientists study the promises, contradictions
and failures of the Spanish Transicion-especially on issues of
memory, repression, and (the lack of) reconciliation -our approach
from the humanities offers another vantage point to a wider
discussion of an unfinished chapter in recent Spanish history by
focusing on la Movida as the "cultural archive" whose cultural
transitions parallel the political and economic ones. The
transgressive, urban nature of this movement demonstrated an overt
desire, especially among Spanish youth, to reach onto a global
arena emulating the punk and new wave aesthetic of such cities as
London, New York, Paris, and Berlin. Art, design, film, music,
fashion during this period helped to forge a sense of a modern
urban identity in Spain that also reflected the tensions between
modernity and tradition, global forces and local values,
international mass media technology and regional customs.
Carmen de Burgos (1867-1932) was one of Madrid's best-known authors
during the first third of the century, when the capital was
experiencing the accelerated changes associated with the processes
of modernity. A prolific writer of a wide variety of works (12
novels, 57 short stories, a long list of translations, manuals of
behavior for women and a vast number of newspaper articles), Burgos
was also an important public figure whose essays and speeches
passionately promoted the cause of increasing civil rights for
women in Spanish society. To return to her work today is to
familiarize one's self with the popular literature, politics and
social concerns of almost a century ago. This edition includes two
of Burgos's fictional works from 1931: the full-length novel
-Quiero vivir mi vida-, and the short story -Punal de claveles-.
Both were published the year before the autor's death, during the
most politically radical period of her life. Burgos dedicates the
novel to Gregorio Maranon, calling it -an homage to the great
doctor Maranon, who in the most competent and noble of ways, has
illuminated the study of intersexuality with his piety and
science.- Likewise, in the prologue to the novel (included here in
this edition), Maranon praises Burgos for her clear understanding
of his theories and the incorporation of his concept of
intersexuality into the development of the characters. The murder
known as the -crime of Nijar- (Almeria, 1928) is the basis for the
plot of Burgos's -Punal de claveles- as well as for Lorca's
better-known play -Bodas de sangre- (1932). What in the poet
Lorca's hands was a poetic tragedy, for Burgos -the feminist-
became a story about the need for women to have the opportunity to
escape traditional gender roles. Unlike that of -Bodas de sangre-,
-Punal de claveles's- happy ending is directed towards a mass (and
largely female) audience. This critical edition by Susan Larson
includes Maranon's essay -Sobre el sentido de los celos- an
introduction which includes a comparison of -Punal de claveles- to
Lorca's -Bodas de sangre- as well as notes to help the reader
understand Burgos's work in social and cultural context.
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While Carmen de Burgos (Almera 1867-Madrid 1932) belonged to the
Generation of '98 in terms of her age, she is really too modern and
progressive a figure for this categorization. A journalist, author,
translator and progressive feminist intellectual, de Burgos was one
of the most widely-read writers of her time. When she died she left
a body of work impressive both in its quantity and quality: 12 full
length and approximately 57 short novels. "La rampa" (1917) is the
second full-length novel by Carmen de Burgos, and is dedicated to
all of the throngs of wounded and lost women who have come to me
asking which path they should take, and who have made me feel their
tragedy. The Spanish literary canon would remain incomplete if it
did not include this urban novel by Carmen de Burgos, that in a
highly original female point of view, captures Madrid in the
process of modernization. "La rampa" narrates how modernity brought
new possibilities for some middle- and upper-class women, but was
ultimately an empty promise for many working-class women living in
the city. This critical edition prepared by Susan Larson is
accompanied by commentary, an extensive bibliography of works by
and about the author, and an introduction that includes
biographical information about Carmen de Burgos as well as an urban
history of Madrid between 1890 and 1920 meant to frame the work
within its urban context.
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