Spain category: 3192 books

In Perfect Wives, Other Women Georgina Dopico Black examines the role played by women’s bodies—specifically the bodies of wives—in Spain and Spanish America during the Inquisition. In her quest to show how both the body and soul of the married woman became the site of anxious inquiry, Dopico...

Between the fourteenth and seventeenth centuries in Spain, a large number of parodic works were produced that featured depictions of humourous, satirical, and comical saints. The Laughter of the Saints examines this rich carnivalesque tradition of parodied holy men and women and traces their influence...

The present work is an attempt to give in one volume the main features of Spanish history from the standpoint of America. It should serve almost equally well for residents of both the English-speaking and the Spanish American countries, since the underlying idea has been that Americans generally are...

Once just a sleepy fishing village on the outskirts of Malaga, Torremolinos is nothing like its turn-of-the-20th-century self. A popular escape for travellers from all corners of Europe, it is one of the Spanish Costa del Sol’s most popular cities.   TABLE OF CONTENTS:  Introduction to...

Portbou is located in Catalonia Portbou Location in Catalonia State   Catalonia Country   Spain Province  Girona Comarca  Alt Empordà Government - Mayor  Antoni Vega Cané Area - Total  9.21 km2 (3.6 sq mi) Elevation  28 m (92 ft) Population...

“Ludlow Beamish’s famous history of the K.G.L. is undoubtedly one of the rarest and most sought-after contemporary studies of the Napoleonic Wars. Much praised by Sir Charles Oman as ‘a valuable and conscientious’ history, it was largely compiled from eye-witness accounts of serving soldiers....

Edgar Allan Poe, Charles Baudelaire, and Walter Benjamin have shown that flanerie is anything but an aimless stroll. Walking through London, Paris, and Berlin entailed engagements with the latest modernity. Thought-provoking, exhilarating, and at times terrifying: flanerie adjusted to and documented...

The objective of Hispanic (LGT) Masculinities in Transition is to investigate the cultural representations/intersections of masculinity and sexual minorities (lesbians, gays, and transgenders) in Spain between the passing of the Law of Social Dangerousness and Social Rehabilitation (1970) and the...

This historical analysis of the political and religious relationship of Britain and Spain, from 12th-century dynastic alliances to the Spanish support of the English-American invasion of Iraq, asserts that there have been many significant links between the two countries over the past 800 years. While...

The process of shaping and asserting cultural identity in viceregal Spanish America occurred as much through the medium of pictures as through the medium of writing. Focused on writing that references visual texts (ekphrasis), Visions of Empire in Colonial Spanish American Ekphrastic Writing examines...

So, you are planning a vacation to the Balearic Islands. Whether you are visiting Mаllоrса, Mеnоrса, Formentera or Ibiza in the south-west, or even all four, you will want this guide with you. This complete guide to vacationing in in the Balearic Islands will ensure you get the utmost enjoyment...

A candid description of warfare at one of the first battlefields of World War II Letters from the Spanish Civil War provides a unique perspective into the motivations that led a young man from the American heartland to defy U.S. neutrality and travel to Spain to fight in defense of democracy...

Ever since Ernest Hemingway popularized the fiesta de San Fermín with the publication of The Sun Also Rises in 1926, the world has been enthralled with the concept of running with the bulls. For millions, running with the bulls remains on their bucket list, and for Hemingway fans it is a lifelong...

The Spanish city of Valencia has a curious charm all its own. There are remnants of ancient history dating back to 138 B.C. sitting next to ultra-modern buildings that have sprung up since the America’s Cup was held here twice in the last few years.    TABLE OF CONTENTS:  Welcome...