Spanish New York Narratives 1898-1936: Modernization, Otherness and Nation

ISBN-13: 9781909662155 / Angielski / Twarda / 2014 / 187 str.

David Miranda-Barreiro

Opis

In the early decades of the twentieth century, New York caught the attention of Spanish writers. Many of them visited the city and returned to tell their experience in the form of a literary text. That is the case of Pruebas de Nueva York (1927) by JosE Moreno Villa (1887-1955), El crisol de las razas (1929) by Teresa de Escoriaza (1891-1968), AnticIpolis (1931) by Luis de Oteyza (1883-1961) and La ciudad automAtica (1932) by Julio Camba (1882-1962). In tune with similar representations in other European works, the image of New York given in these texts reflects the tensions and anxieties generated by the modernisation embodied by the United States. These authors project onto New York their concerns and expectations about issues of class, gender and ethnicity that were debated at the time, in the context of the crisis of Spanish national identity triggered by the end of the empire in 1898.

Spis treści

Introduction 1. Spanish Narratives of Modernity: Going Beyond Exclusive Definitions of Early Twentieth-Century Spanish Literature 2. The Hidalgo against the 'Masses': The Challenge to the Classist Nation 3. Images of the Modern Woman: The Challenge to the Patriarchal Nation 4. Racialism versus Multiculturalism: The Challenge to the Ethnic Nation 5. Conclusion 6. Afterword New York in Spanish Narrative: A Constant Presence in the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries

O autorze

David Miranda-Barreiro