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Zusatztext The differing contributions have been woven together to produce a harmonious, informative and eminently enjoyable volume ... it should prove an invaluable tool to teachers in schools who will find themselves well rewarded when looking for an update on any of the various topics covered. Informationen zum Autor Jo Labanyi is Professor of Spanish and Cultural Studies at the University of Southampton and Director of the Institute of Romance Studies, School of Advanced Study, University of London. Her books include (ed. with Lou Charnon-Deutsch) Culture and Gender in Nineteenth-Century Spain (1995), (ed. with Helen Graham) Spanish Cultural Studies (1995), and Gender and Modernization in the Spanish Realist Novel (2000), all published by Oxford University Press. Klappentext This volume is designed to further the study of Spanish culture in the broad sense of the network of symbolic systems through which social groups construct and negotiate a sense of identity or identities. The aim is to introduce readers to current theoretical debates in a range of disciplines! as well as to inform them about specific areas of twentieth-century Spanish culture. Zusammenfassung This interdisciplinary volume focuses on the ways in which cultural practices serve the purposes of identity formation. It introduces readers to a range of theoretical debates as well as informing them about specific areas of twentieth-century Spanish culture: ethnography, music, TV, advertising, popular literature, medical discourse, film, posters, museums, and urban development.
