Galicia, A Sentimental Nation : Gender, Culture and Politics Hardback
by Helena Miguelez-Carballeira
Part of the Iberian and Latin American Studies series
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Galicia, a non-state nation in north-west Spain, has often been portrayed as a sentimental nation, a misty land of poets and legends.
This book offers the first study of this trope as a feminizing, colonial stereotype that has marked Galician cultural history since the late nineteenth century.
Through a close reading of the main texts of Galician literary history, the author shows how this trope has helped sustain the unequal power relation between Galicia and the Spanish State.
As a consequence, questions of masculinity, morality and respectability have played an essential role in Galicia's national construction, thereby enforcing a masculine definition and limiting the role of women. This book argues for a revision of the main texts of Galician cultural nationalism through a gender and postcolonial perspective, showing that contemporary portrayals of Galician history are dependent on the politically debilitating trope of Galician sentimentality.
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- Pages:320 pages, No
- Publisher:University of Wales Press
- Publication Date:15/07/2013
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- ISBN:9780708326534
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:320 pages, No
- Publisher:University of Wales Press
- Publication Date:15/07/2013
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- ISBN:9780708326534
