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Juan Muñoz
This book, the first in-depth study of the central idea of silence in Muñoz’s work, aims to position him more clearly within his historical moment, by reading his work against the silences of Spanish politics and culture in post-Civil War Spain.
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Peninsular Identities, Transatlantic Crossings and Iberian Networks
This volume promotes recent and innovative research in different areas of knowledge within the scope of Iberian studies, contributing to the deepening and dissemination of this expanding research area.
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The Balmis Expedition
While the Spanish are often remembered for bringing smallpox and other diseases to the New World, little attention is paid to their efforts to eradicate one of the greatest killers in human history.
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The Bloomsbury Handbook of the Spanish Civil War
In 25 innovative thematic essays, The Bloomsbury Handbook of the Spanish Civil War sees an interdisciplinary team of scholars examine a conflict that, more than 80 years after its conclusion, continues to generate both scholarly and public controversy.
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The Portuguese Revolution of 1974-1975
A prime aim of this book is to view the revolution not only in terms of Portugals global position at the time, especially its historic colonialism, but what all players thought and expressed in the run-up to the 25th of April.
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The Paradox of Paradise
The Paradox of Paradise focuses on the trajectory of urban coastal tourism in Spain from the late Franco years to the present through the lens of Spanish cultural production. “Sun‑and‑fun” destinations like Torremolinos (located in the Costa del Sol) and Benidorm (located in the Costa Blanca) established a model for urban renewal that literally built the coasts to accommodate and expand foreign tourism as the driving force of the so‑called Spanish Economic Miracle.
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Mujeres y escritura subversiva durante el franquismo
Pese a la censura del régimen franquista, muchas autoras lograron transmitir sus reivindicaciones y sus frustraciones, bien fuera con su propia voz o utilizando seudónimos.
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Performing Populism
The book's first part examines how the 15-M movement created a new way of seeing that in turn led to a new way of doing politics in Spain. Part Two focuses on the multiple ramifications of that new vision once the people stopped marching and the movement became less visible.
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