Description
| Product ID: | 9781137028143 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Memories of the Maghreb |
| Subtitle: | Transnational Identities in Spanish Cultural Production |
| Authors: | Author: Adolfo Campoy-Cubillo |
| Page Count: | 219 |
| Subjects: | Literature: history and criticism, Literature: history & criticism, African history, General and world history, Cultural studies, Politics and government, African history, History: earliest times to present day, Cultural studies, Politics & government |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Using a cultural studies approach, this book explores how the Spanish colonization of North Africa continues to haunt Spain's efforts to articulate a national identity that can accommodate both the country's diversity, brought about by immigration from its old colonies, and the postnational demands of its integration in the European Union. Memories of the Maghreb explores how the Spanish colonization of North Africa at the turn of the twentieth century continues to haunt Spain''s efforts to articulate a national identity that can accommodate both the country''s diversity, brought about by immigration from its old colonies, and the postnational demands of its integration in the European Union. Campoy-Cubillo analyzes Spanish contemporary cultural production about the Spanish Protectorate of Morocco, following a cultural studies approach to describe the material conditions that contributed to the development of Spanish colonial discourse and its rearticulation in contemporary Spain. |
| Imprint Name: | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Publisher Name: | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2012-10-22 |
