The aesthetics of the ephemeral : memory theaters in contemporary Barcelona / Jennifer Duprey

By:

Duprey, Jennifer, 1975-

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Albany, New York : SUNY Press, 2014Description: 274 p. : il. ; 23 cmISBN:

9781438452340

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Contents:

Conté: Introduction: The Aesthetics of the Ephemeral -- 1. The Journey in the Desert -- 2. Ruins, Loss, Rebirth -- 3. Tragedy, Violence, Justice -- 4. Immigration, Displacements, Actualities -- 5. Inheritance, Memory, Natality In Place of a Conclusion: A (Dys)functional Body Politic -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index

Summary: "In The Aesthetics of the Ephemeral, Jennifer Duprey examines five contemporary plays from Barcelona: Olors and Testament by Josep Maria Benet i Jornet, Antígona by Jordi Coca, Forasters by Sergi Belbel, and Temptació by Carles Batlle. She argues that in both the theatrical text and its performance an aesthetics of the ephemeral materializes that is related to specific manifestations of cultural and historical memory in Spain and Catalonia. These manifestations of memory include historical concerns such as the possibility of another form of justice in predicaments of violence after the Civil War, and they also include contemporary issues such as the production of ruins by the processes of gentrification in Barcelona, the complexity of immigration in Spain, and the destruction or preservation of Catalan cultural legacies. In her analysis of these topics, Duprey engages and expands on theories related to questions of subjectivity and identity in late modernity. This book will be of interest to those concerned with Iberian cultural studies and with how theater reflects on and contributes to contemporary political dialogue" -- Contracoberta

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Item type	Current library	Home library	Collection	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Llibre	Biblioteca Barcelona	Biblioteca Barcelona BCN Lliure Accés		849 DUP (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		1900072291
Llibre	Biblioteca Terrassa	Biblioteca Terrassa VALLÈS-J.Oliver	Josep M. Benet i Jornet	792(460.23)"19" DUP (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		1900074821

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"In The Aesthetics of the Ephemeral, Jennifer Duprey examines five contemporary plays from Barcelona: Olors and Testament by Josep Maria Benet i Jornet, Antígona by Jordi Coca, Forasters by Sergi Belbel, and Temptació by Carles Batlle. She argues that in both the theatrical text and its performance an aesthetics of the ephemeral materializes that is related to specific manifestations of cultural and historical memory in Spain and Catalonia. These manifestations of memory include historical concerns such as the possibility of another form of justice in predicaments of violence after the Civil War, and they also include contemporary issues such as the production of ruins by the processes of gentrification in Barcelona, the complexity of immigration in Spain, and the destruction or preservation of Catalan cultural legacies. In her analysis of these topics, Duprey engages and expands on theories related to questions of subjectivity and identity in late modernity. This book will be of interest to those concerned with Iberian cultural studies and with how theater reflects on and contributes to contemporary political dialogue" -- Contracoberta

[1900074821] Dedicatòria de Jennifer Duprey Josep M. Benet i Jornet

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