We are asked to believe, for instance, that people beautifying themselves to attract other people are acts of subversion even when the text cited suggests these acts are entirely conventional 66— A Companion to Miguel de Unamuno. The diversity of focus mitigates what would otherwise be the unavoidable tendency to repetition characteristic of most compilations of this kind. The essays which constitute the book fall into two parts. The next two essays, by Stephen G. Biggane is also co- contributor, with J.
It will be clear from the above summary that the volume offers students of Unamuno varied and rich rewards. The Companion will remain an indispensable source for students of Unamuno for many years to come. Particular credit is due to the editor, Julia Biggane, who has heroically shouldered the entire burden of editing after the untimely death of her co-editor, John Macklin. In addition, she has contributed two chapters of her own, co-written a third and translated the four articles submitted in languages other than English.
Although Montseny prioritized male and female equality over feminism, we now conceive of these as one and the same. The protagonist Clara exposes the double standards that operate within male anarchist behaviours and the divergence between ideological ideals and attitudes towards women at that time. This is a great book for revisiting the years of cultural explosion in a Madrid—and a Spain— which had just emerged from nearly forty years of dictatorship. Madrid had always seemed to lag behind Barcelona as a culturally avant-garde city.
Young people who had been born during the dictatorship and had never experienced real freedom in their lives embraced this new freedom. Maite Usoz de la Fuente sets out to analyse one of the most important publications of s Madrid in order to understand the way la movida shaped a new generation of artists and thinkers. La Luna de Madrid, a magazine launched in , was used as a springboard by many of the artists and writers of la movida.
This volume methodically studies three key areas of s Madrid: Chapter 2 focuses on the city: The representations of Madrid in the magazine come from diverse sources—photographs, maps and building plans, as well as short stories, urban chronicles and comics This chapter is accompanied by many images illustrating the different ways the city was depicted. These images help the reader to understand how the magazine broke some of the identity stereotypes. The author concentrates on three of the regular series: Autoretratos, Patty Diphusa and Luz de Boudoir and looks at the contradictions and ambiguities that different identities bring.
Chaos and disorder were an essential part of la movida and of the context of the magazine. Usoz de la Fuente examines the last days of La Luna de Madrid, linking it to the development of la movida as a marketable product. I enjoyed the freedom and exhilaration of youth in a place where everything seemed exciting. Politics at that time, even though important, seemed only to matter if it meant change and revolution. The book not only examines La Luna de Madrid and its relevance to la movida, it also portrays the ups and downs that the freedom of that period brought to society.
For this reviewer, however, reading this book was a nostalgic journey back to my youth. This volume offers a welcome insight into an important time in the Spanish Transition. The book is well written, readable and accessible. The detailed analysis of La Luna de Madrid will prove to be a valuable resource for researchers studying the cultural output of la movida as well as others interested in the period of the Spanish Transition. Prensas de la Universidad de Zaragoza. These works, however, while using the same prism on the region, pursue distinct intellectual projects.
The volume is divided into three sections.
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The former suggests that the retroversion of sovereignty to the people would fuel the permutations of political representation. Notably, in his essay on Brazilian elections, Richard Graham considers political cultures also as performances, with stages and props to practise modernity while reproducing the status quo.
Its chronology begins with the populist governments of the s.
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In these fourteen essays, however, the emphasis remains on an urgent present plagued with inequalities in all realms of life. To deconstruct it, the editors adopt a multidisciplinary approach that includes political science, sociology, anthropology, law, urban planning, literature and cultural studies, and experience in social justice. This volume is not organized into sections.
Instead, the Introduction sets forth the four themes that anchor the conversations. This is explored in depth in both a comparative study of the challenges democracy posed to Central American nations and an analysis of the many dimensions of citizenship. The second theme examines the historical constructions of democracy, populism and authoritarianism. Malvina Guaraglia Pozzo calls for populism not to be dismissed as an aberration—a piece of advice that, as other contributions show, applies to the vast spectrum of authoritarianism. She argues that populism exists in a close, complex relation to democracy while also tapping into traditional notions of the sovereignty of the people.
This includes innovative essays on the culture of non-ideological violence, the rise of Pentecostalism, the advent of new media and technologies, the dynamics of transnational migrations, the changing roles of non- governmental organizations and the nuances of transitional justice. Examples from the new political culture among women in Honduras, the leftist governments in Ecuador and Bolivia and the armed revolutionary movements in Guatemala and El Salvador illustrate how people strive to shape democracy amid complex realities. These volumes on political cultures offer accessible points of entry to the study of modern Latin America thanks to their provision of primers on key terms, themes and debates.
At the same time, they succeed in their distinct projects, namely to recover more complex and vibrant societies in the nineteenth century and to expose the struggles for meaningful inclusion in the last century. Evaluating each volume separately, however, fails to recognize this remarkable series properly, with its missed opportunities and insights.
In a way, there is a missing volume needed to account for the political cultures ushered in by positivism, socialism, early industrialization, mass migrations and railways. One reinterprets the caudillo and the emerging state as less central to society. This uncovers rich political cultures at the price of depicting the caudillo and the state as perhaps too inconsequential.
This vision places the state at the centre, with society coming into view in relationship to it.
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There is something particular about the politics of sexuality in revolutionary Cuba. It is a complex and contradictory affair with many intriguing historical episodes.
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At its heart is the very typical Cuban conundrum: How did a government that endorsed tolerance and equality become so intolerant and unequal? How did a regime that strove to give a voice to the voiceless deny its citizens their voice? These questions have fuelled many debates over many years in many different contexts. These are questions tackled insightfully and very thoroughly in this book.
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This is the major strength of this book. This historical sweep traces the roots of the strikingly homophobic policies of the revolution, which are themselves analysed in detail. The analysis is very comprehensive, making this chapter a useful addition to teaching material for any university course tackling Cuba and the politics of sexuality. The two central chapters provide a penetrating, balanced and valuable analysis of the complex history of these two artists, their work and their biographical contexts.
Other threads are not so successful. Whilst Eve Sedgwick makes regular appearances and adds layers to the wider social dynamics of sexuality and marginalization, Foucault misspelt once Foulcault pops up sporadically and rather loosely. I would also suggest that the chapters are too long and too dense.
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It becomes quite a feat to keep reading, even if a full afternoon has been prepared. There is one question, however, that is glaring in its absence: Where are the women? This book, like the majority of analyses of sexual politics in Cuba, is about men, about homosexual men, homophobic men, macho men, effeminate men. Yes, the study focuses on Arenas and Alea, but surely some lines in the Introduction might explain a why women are absent from almost all discussion about homosexuality and homophobia in Cuba and b why women are not to be addressed in this book.
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