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Handbook of Spanish Popular Culture
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Edward F. Stanton
Book Code: GR9885
ISBN: 0-313-29885-8
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-29885-1
256 pages, figures, photos, tables
Greenwood Press
Publication: 11/30/1999
List Price: $125.00 (UK Sterling Price: £70.00)
Availability: In Stock
Media Type: Hardcover
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
Subjects:
  • Endorsement From Timothy Mitchell
    Professor of Spanish
    Texas A&M University:     A book like this has been sorely needed for many years now.... The Handbook of Spanish Popular Culture will be an essential reference tool for students and scholars of Spain and the best introduction possible for the educated general reader and traveller.
  • Endorsement From Dr. Fernando Claramunt
    Professor Emeritus of Psychology
    Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain:     ...nobody could have written this book better than Edward Stanton.
Description: Spanish popular culture is one of the richest in the world. The absence of an efficient ruling class has allowed the people to stamp their personality on all major aspects of the country's life. This book describes the peculiar Spanish feeling for death and tragedy in popular religious practices, music and the bullfight; the "fiesta sense of life," so foreign to the work ethic of other Western countries; the oral tradition that has managed to survive into the post-industrial age with its creative use of slang, proverbs and obscenity; popular literature, the press, radio, television and the movies. Students and scholars will appreciate the first comprehensive treatment of Spanish popular culture in a single volume. The author has done first-hand research in all the major regions of Spain and has compiled a list of major archives and resource centers. An extensive bibliography on the major fields of popular Spanish culture is included at the end of each chapter.
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword
  • Languages
  • Religion
  • Fiestas
  • Bulls
  • Sports and Games
  • Music
  • Film
  • Radio and Television
  • The Press
  • Popular Literature
  • Glossary
  • Index
LC Card Number: 99-17847
LCC Class: DP48
Dewey Class: 306
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