Publication

2017-03-15 - Intellect Ltd

Language

English

Word Count

78,750 words, Guess

Page Count

315 pages

Physical Format

Paperback

Identifiers

  • ISBN-101783206659
  • ISBN-139781783206650
  • OCLC Control Number944087369
  • Better World Books9781783206650
  • Open LibraryOL28283556M

Classifications

  • LCCPQ6073.P62
  • LCCPQ6073.P62 K56 2017
  • LCCPQ6144.Z366 K66 2017
and 1 more
  • LCCPC

Description

The so-called "Silver Age" of Spain ran from 1898 to the rise of Franco in 1939 and was characterized by intense urbanization, widespread class struggle and mobility, and a boom in mass culture. This book offers a close look at one manifestation of that mass culture: weekly collections of short, often pocket-sized books sold in urban kiosks at low prices. These series published a wide range of literature in a variety of genres and formats, but their role as disseminators of erotic and anarchist fiction led them to be censored by the Franco dictatorship. This book offers the most detailed scholarly analysis of kiosk literature to date, examining the kiosk phenomenon through the lens of contemporary interdisciplinary theories of urban space, visuality, celebrity, gender and sexuality, and the digital humanities.

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