The Companion to Hispanic Studies [electronic resource].
Davies, Catherine.
Davies, CatherineContributor
London : Taylor & Francis Ltd,
2002.
What is ""Hispanic Studies""? This companion gives a concise and accessible overview of the discipline as taught today and suggests new directions for future developments. ""Hispanic Studies"" is broadly concerned with the languages and cultures of the vast ""Hispanic"" world, extending chronologically from Roman Hispania to today, and geographically from California in the North to Patagonia in the South, and from Majorca in the East to the Andes in the West. This essential book provides all the necessary introductory information on the subject and will be especially useful for students who ha
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Cover; Book title; Contents; List of contributors; What is 'Hispanic Studies'?; 1 Language; 2 Medieval Spanish Studies; 3 Golden Age Studies: Spain and Spanish America in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries; 4 Spain and Spanish America in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries; 5 Twentieth-century Spain; 6 Catalan, Galician, Basque; 7 Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, and the Andes; 8 The Southern Cone; 9 Spanish and Latin American cinema; 10 Beyond Hispanic Studies? Interdisciplinary approaches to Spain and Latin America; Student comments; Time chart; Index
What is ""Hispanic Studies""? This companion gives a concise and accessible overview of the discipline as taught today and suggests new directions for future developments. ""Hispanic Studies"" is broadly concerned with the languages and cultures of the vast ""Hispanic"" world, extending chronologically from Roman Hispania to today, and geographically from California in the North to Patagonia in the South, and from Majorca in the East to the Andes in the West. This essential book provides all the necessary introductory information on the subject and will be especially useful for students who ha
Civilization, Hispanic
Spanish literature
History & Archaeology
History - General