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Tag Archives: books
Tierra de mujeres (Land of Women) and the Myth of an “Empty Spain”
Somehow I only managed to write 4 blog posts in 2019; and with all the “end-of-the-year” reflections and round-ups going around, I started to feel like I hadn’t really accomplished much. But when I sat down to think about Jan-Dec … Continue reading
Posted in Feminism, Literature, Spain, Women
Tagged book review, books, city, culture, environment, Feminism, Maria Sanchez, pueblo, rural, spanish literature, study abroad
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1900s Madrid, in Narrative and a High-Resolution Map
This fall semester I’m teaching three literature classes at K-State, one of which is a seminar I based on a few of my past and current research projects related to early 20th-century Spanish literature. The texts are attentive to the … Continue reading
Posted in History, Literature, Modernity, Spain
Tagged 1920s, books, Carmen de Burgos, digital humanities, La rampa, madrid, maps, modernity, novel, spanish literature
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A New History of Iberian Feminisms (review)
Bermúdez, Silvia and Roberta Johnson, eds. A New History of Iberian Feminisms. U of Toronto P, 2018. 522 pp. (My full-length, non-illustrated(!) review will be published with Feministas Unidas in 2018. I ‘ll link here when it’s available, or you … Continue reading
Posted in Feminism, First-wave spanish feminism, Spain, Women
Tagged book review, books, Feminism, history, Spain, women's history
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Multiple Modernities: New essays on Carmen de Burgos (review)
Review: Anja Louis and Michelle M. Sharp, eds. Multiple Modernities: Carmen de Burgos, Author and Activist. Routledge, 2017. 224 pp. I recently finished writing a review of Anja Louis and Michelle Sharp’s new volume of essays on Carmen de Burgos (1867-1932), a … Continue reading
Posted in Feminism, First-wave spanish feminism, Literature, Modernity, Spain, Women
Tagged book review, books, Carmen de Burgos, spanish literature
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Food, Art, and Eroticism? Gala’s Meals in Salvador Dalí’s Cookbook
Still looking for the perfect gift for someone who appreciates cooking and cookbooks, art and photography, or somewhat obscure Spanish cultural history? Good news! Just this October I learned that Taschen would publish a new edition of Salvador Dalí’s Rare, … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Spain, Surrealism
Tagged 1940s, 1970s, books, Dalí, erotica, food, Salvador Dali, sexuality, Spain, surrealism
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“Celebración Cervantina / Cervantes Celebration” at K-State
2016 – This year marks the 400th anniversary of the deaths of two extremely influential literary figures: renowned English playwright William Shakespeare and celebrated Spanish playwright and novelist Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, who most know best as the author of … Continue reading
Posted in Language, Literature, Spain
Tagged 17th century, books, Cervantes, Don Quixote, Golden Age, Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, novel
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Discovering “The Soul of Spain”… in Kansas!
Since my hectic, teaching-heavy spring semester is finally over, I now have some time to start easing back into a few of my research projects. But first, of course, I needed some time to relax and not think about anything … Continue reading
Posted in Art, History, Literature, Spain, Women
Tagged books, Eugenics, gender, goya, Havelock Ellis, sevilla, sexuality
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