Galicia, a Sentimental Nation: Gender, Culture and Politics
(Part of the Iberian and Latin American Studies Series)
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Galicia, a culturally distinct region in northwest Spain, has often been portrayed as a sentimental nation, a misty land of poets and legends. Here Helena Migu lez-Carballeira argues that this trope is a feminizing, colonial stereotype that has plagued Galician cultural history since the late nineteenth century. Migu lez-Carballeira combs the classic texts of Galician literary history to show how this trope has helped sustain the unequal power relation between Galicia and the Spanish state and how, as a consequence, questions of masculinity, morality, and respectability have played an essential role in Galicia's national construction. By examining how national discourses in Galicia have been affected by questions of gender and sexuality, Migu lez-Carballeira seeks to construct a new paradigm from which to study Galician cultural history and production.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0708326536
ISBN13:9780708326534
Release Date:October 2013
Publisher:University of Wales Press
Length:275 Pages
Weight:1.20 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 6.0" x 9.1"
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