The noughties in the Hispanic and Lusophone world [electronic book] / edited by Kathy Bacon and Niamh Thornton.
Contributor(s): Bacon, Kathy [editor] | Thornton, Niamh [editor].
Material type: BookPublisher: Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars, 2012Copyright date: ©2012Description: online resource (vi, 223 pages).Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781443841009 (hardback); 1443841005 (hardback); 9781443847100 (e-book).Subject(s): Civilization, Hispanic -- 21st century | Two thousands (Decade) | Portuguese-speaking countries -- Civilization -- 21st century | Portuguese-speaking countries -- Economic conditions -- 21st century | Portuguese-speaking countries -- Social conditions -- 21st centuryDDC classification: 909.09756 Online resources: E-bookItem type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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e-BOOK | MTU Bishopstown Library eBook | 909.09756 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Not for loan |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
While the fin de siècle has received considerable attention as a critical concept, the first decade of a new century has been less well studied. The chapters in this volume consider the distinctive cultural significance of the 'noughties' in the Hispanic and Lusophone world, looking at the specific cultural, political and economic circumstances of the decade, and in some cases proposing notions of an identifiable 'noughties sensibility' or 'noughties generation' which may flow out of, or stand in reaction against, the malaise of the fin de siècle.
Drawing on specialist, area-specific knowledge, the authors consider the significance of the noughties across different eras. The contributions include chapters on how Brazil is negotiating the complicated terrain of digital literacy; the painful re-examination of the civil war that is taking place in Spain; and the negative effects of the economy on women's lives in Argentina. The chapters examine film, digital media, theatre, fiction, the economy and history, all taking the noughties as a focal point. The multiple perspectives will reveal the commonalities of experiences that a particular period brings about as well as showing up the distinctive local differences.
Includes bibliographical references.
The “noughty” nude: naked women in Spanish cinema of the Noughties -- Fluctuations in feminist commitment in recent Spanish female-authored drama -- Writing as Millenary redemption in Vozes do Deserto by Nélida Pinon -- Constructing a Catalan feminism in the Noughties of the 20th Century: the legacy of Dolors Monserdá -- The price of benefits: cash transfers in Argentina -- catharsis and confrontation: post Millenial memory resolution in contemporary Spain -- Subjective pasts and the imaginative power of the image in Bucarest, la memória perduda and Nedar -- La forja del prodigio: Pepito Arriola -- Mirroring the next life: Jaume Roig’s misogyny reassessed in the light of his eschatology -- Endings and old beginnings in José Saramago, H.G. Wells and John Wyndham -- Digital Brazil: open-source nation and the meta-recycling of knowledge.
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