Title: A companion to Galician culture /
Authors: Miguélez-Carballeira, Helena.; Miguélez-Carballeira, Helena,
Publisher: Tamesis,
Year: 2014
Subjects: Ethnicity Spain Galicia (Region); Ethnology Spain Galicia (Region); Identity (Psychology) Spain Galicia (Region); Arts, Galician.; Galician language.; Portuguese literature History and criticism; Galicia (Spain : Region) Civilization.
Abstract: "Of all the differentiated regions comprising contemporary Spain, Galicia is possibly the most deeply marked by political, economic and cultural inequities throughout the centuries. Processes of national construction in the region have been patchily successful. However, Galicia's cultural distinctness is easily recognizable to the observer, from the language spoken in the region to the specific forms of the Galician built landscape, with its mixture of indigenous, imported and hybrid elements. The present volume offers English-language readers an in-depth introduction to the integral aspects of Galician cultural history, from pre-historical times to the present day. Whilst attention is given to the traditional areas of medieval culture, language, contemporary history and politics, the book also privileges compelling contemporary perspectives on cinema, architecture, the city of Santiago de Compostela and the urban qualities of Galician culture today." -- Provided by the publisher.
Contents: An introduction to Galician culture / Helena Miguélez-Carballeira -- Clerics, troubadours and damsels : Galician literature and written culture during the Middle Ages / Santiago Gutiérrez García -- Contemporary Galicia : from agrarian crisis to high-speed trains / Xosé Ramón Veiga -- Santiago de Compostela : fact and fetish / María Liñeira -- The Galician language in the twenty-first century / Bernadette O'Rourke -- Bagpipes, bouzoukis and bodhráns : the reinvention of Galician folk music / José Colmeiro -- Galician architecture : from foundations to roof / Xurxo Ayán Vila -- Cinema in Galicia : beyond an interrupted history / Xan Gómez Viñas -- The rural, urban and global spaces of Galician culture / María Reimóndez -- Rosalía de Castro : life, text and afterlife / Helena Miguélez-Carballeira -- Contemporary Galician politics : the end of a cycle? / Noa Rios Bergantinhos.