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Iberian Modalities: A Relational Approach to the Study of Culture in the Iberian Peninsula (Contemporary Hispanic and Lusophone Cultures): 8
Author(s): Joan Ramon Resina (Author, Editor)
- Publisher: Liverpool University Press
- Publication Date: 30 Nov. 2012
- Language: English
- Print length: 320 pages
- ISBN-10: 9781846318337
- ISBN-13: 1846318335
Book Description
Of late the term Iberian Studies has been gaining academic currency, but its semantic scope still fluctuates. For some it is a convenient way of combining the official cultures of two states, Portugal and Spain; yet for others the term opens up disciplinary space, altering established routines. A relational approach to Iberian Studies shatters the state’s epistemological frame and complexifies the field through the emergence of lines of inquiry and bodies of knowledge hitherto written off as irrelevant. This timely volume brings together contributions from leading international scholars who demonstrate the cultural and linguistic complexity of the field by reflecting on the institutional challenges to the practice of Iberian Studies. As such, the book will be required reading for all those working in the field.
Editorial Reviews
Review
A set of important, timely, and well-written considerations about the history and current state of the fields of Hispanic Studies, arguing for an overdue renewal in the direction of Iberian Studies. — Professor Sebastiaan Faber Iberian Modalities is an engaging work and one that no doubt will raise much curiosity and heated debate. –H. Rosi Song
About the Author
Joan Ramon Resina is Professor of Iberian and Latin American Cultures at Stanford University. His previous books include Barcelona’s Vocation of Modernity: Rise and Decline of an Urban Image. Stanford University Press, 2008.
