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Trafficking knowledge in early twentieth-century Spain : centres of exchange and cultural imaginaries

Title: Trafficking knowledge in early twentieth-century Spain : centres of exchange and cultural imaginaries / Alison Sinclair.
Author: Sinclair, Alison, 1946-
Publication: Woodbridge ; Rochester, NY : Tamesis, 2009.

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Description

viii, 223 pages : illustrations; 25 cm

Summary

"This study provides a mapping of diversity of cultural importations made by Spain, and of the divers cultural imaginaries that were prominent through the early decades of the 20th century, both in relation to Europe, and to Spain's own interior. In all cases, net-working and informal contacts provided the conduits of exchange, and enlivened and personalized the nature of trafficking." "Three features make it original in its approach. It focuses on a broad range of institutions, including publishing houses and journals, as "centres of exchange", and looks at how they promoted and facilitated Spain's contact with Europe. Secondly it foregrounds the idea of "cultural imaginaries" as the driving force behind Spain's exchanges with Europe. Thirdly, it departs from a Franco/German-centred concept of Europe, paying particular attention to a Europe of the margins, in the form of England and Russia, two countries that held particular attractions for the Spanish mind. While being centred on Madrid for its case-studies, it also pays specific attention to issues of internal dissemination."--Jacket.

Series Statement

Colección Támesis. Serie A, Monografías ; 278

Uniform Title

Colección Támesis. Serie A, Monografías ; 278.

Subject

Genre/Form

History.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (p. [199]-213) and index.

Contents

Orientation -- Maps for cultural trafficking -- What and where is Europe -- Centres of exchange and bodies of print -- Publishers, power, and canonicity -- Elite and specialized -- Cultural imaginaries and special attachments -- Spain's love-affair with England -- Spain's love-affair with Russia -- Spreading the word -- Taking the knowledge to the people -- Travelling with a mission -- Re-grouping -- Wheels within wheels.

ISBN

9781855661905
185566190X

LCCN

2009281844

OCLC

ocn427612701
427612701
SCSB-1525763

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library