Contemporary Galician Cultural Studies: Between the Local and the Global

by Kirsty Hooper

Galicia occupies an ambiguous position, at the crossroads between land and sea, the Atlantic north and the Mediterranean south, Spanish and Portuguese. For two centuries, its nationhood was ignored or disputed and its people migrated in great numbers to the Americas. What it means to be Galician, therefore, is a central question--particularly now, given Galicia's new autonomy and today's trends of globalization and pluralism.



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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1603290885
• ISBN13: 9781603290883
• Release Date: January 2011
• Publisher: Modern Language Association of America
• Length: 358 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.9"