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The Portuguese fiction that awakened public debate on imperialism The colonial wars in Angola, Mozambique and Guinea-Bissau in the 1960s and 1970s were Portugal’s Vietnam. The novels discussed in thi …

The sanctification of stardom Contemporary icons are drawn from popular culture – musicians, artists, actors, and other personalities we hear on radio or see on television, on screen, in print and in …

1990s’ Cuban literature, caught between a beleaguered socialism and an encroaching global capitalism. The literary texts examined in this study were written in the 1990s, in the wake of a paradigm cr …

A challenge to traditional male-centred accounts of the book world in 1820s’ Buenos Aires. The woman question was a subject of discussion in post-independence Buenos Aires, reflected in the press and …

An examination of typology about place in relation to the Virgin Mary. This book takes a fresh look at some of the seemingly tired images of the Virgin Mary across the medieval and early Golden Age p …

The first comprehensive analysis of the novels of prominent contemporary Spanish writer and educator Josefina Aldecoa. Josefina Aldecoa, in her treatment of themes such as a woman’s place in society …

This volume is an innovative exploration of cultural heritage through museum studies, metacriticism and literary criticism. This is an innovative exploration of cultural heritage and the literary tra …

An in-depth study of the presence and representation of Jews in contemporary Argentine film, focusing on films shot since the year 2000. Runner-up for the AHGBI-Spanish Embassy Doctoral Publication P …

Investigates the role played by censorship in the Spanish-language publishing industry, which led to the Latin American Boom literature of the 1960s and 1970s. Drawing on extensive research in the Sp …

Reconstructs through testimonial literature the repression of women during the Franco years and recovers the writings of some of the forgotten post-war women novelists. The passing of Spain’s Law of …