Memories of the Maghreb
Subtitle: transnational identities in Spanish cultural production
By: Adolfo Campoy-Cubillo
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire; New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 219
ISBN-13: 9781137028143
Subjects: Spanish literature; Literature and history; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism; Literature and society; POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory; National characteristics, Spanish, in literature; History and criticism; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Nationalism; In literature; Colonies in literautre; History
Description: "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 of 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"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.