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2. On Rivers and Maps. Iberian Approaches to ComparatismFor many years scholars have studied the case of Spain , and even the entire Iberian Peninsula , as a separate entity within the confi nes of Europe . Countries such as Portugal and Castile that were once lead-ers in the transformation of the Western world, opening up new and poignant ways of relationship with the Other, have become modern nations that, because of their eccentricity, are commonly depicted as failing to fulfi ll the requirements of the Northern European paradigm. Th e ways of colonialism, and the access to Modernity, have been for these countries anything but an easy path. Th us scholars have used terms like “alternative,” “marginal,” and “peripheral,” some within the context of Europe, others within the framework of globalization and colonialism, to portray the Iberian experience.1 Th ough well intend-1. Th is is what Susan Friedman implies when she writes, “Th e association of mod-ernism and modernity with Europe and the United States in the humanities not only excludes nonwestern locations but also contains peripheries within “the West”–including, for example, margins based on gender, race, and geogra-phy, namely those of women, ethnic and racial minorities, and locations such Bou/espacio.indd 49Bou/espacio.indd 4930/01/13 14:2730/01/13 14:27
© 2019 Iberoamericana Vervuert, Frankfurt a. M., Madrid

2. On Rivers and Maps. Iberian Approaches to ComparatismFor many years scholars have studied the case of Spain , and even the entire Iberian Peninsula , as a separate entity within the confi nes of Europe . Countries such as Portugal and Castile that were once lead-ers in the transformation of the Western world, opening up new and poignant ways of relationship with the Other, have become modern nations that, because of their eccentricity, are commonly depicted as failing to fulfi ll the requirements of the Northern European paradigm. Th e ways of colonialism, and the access to Modernity, have been for these countries anything but an easy path. Th us scholars have used terms like “alternative,” “marginal,” and “peripheral,” some within the context of Europe, others within the framework of globalization and colonialism, to portray the Iberian experience.1 Th ough well intend-1. Th is is what Susan Friedman implies when she writes, “Th e association of mod-ernism and modernity with Europe and the United States in the humanities not only excludes nonwestern locations but also contains peripheries within “the West”–including, for example, margins based on gender, race, and geogra-phy, namely those of women, ethnic and racial minorities, and locations such Bou/espacio.indd 49Bou/espacio.indd 4930/01/13 14:2730/01/13 14:27
© 2019 Iberoamericana Vervuert, Frankfurt a. M., Madrid

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter 1
  2. Table of Contents 7
  3. City and Travel. Walking the (Un)Known City 11
  4. 1. Reading the City 15
  5. 2. On Rivers and Maps. Iberian Approaches to Comparatism 49
  6. 3. Borders in the City: Rewriting Walls 79
  7. 4. “Decrèpita i teatral”? On Literary Explorations of Barcelona 99
  8. 5. The Lights and Names of Paris: Llorenç Villalonga’s Bearn 113
  9. 6. Exile in the City: Mercè Rodoreda’s La plaça del Diamant 133
  10. 7. Literary Construction: the Case of Eduardo Mendoza 147
  11. 8. In Transit: Exploring Travelogues 167
  12. 9. Back from the USSR . Travelers in the Land of the Soviets 183
  13. 10. Lightweight Luggage: Travel and Exile 199
  14. 11. Threshold to Nowhere? Travelogues to Non-places 217
  15. Bibliography 237
  16. Index 259
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Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter 1
  2. Table of Contents 7
  3. City and Travel. Walking the (Un)Known City 11
  4. 1. Reading the City 15
  5. 2. On Rivers and Maps. Iberian Approaches to Comparatism 49
  6. 3. Borders in the City: Rewriting Walls 79
  7. 4. “Decrèpita i teatral”? On Literary Explorations of Barcelona 99
  8. 5. The Lights and Names of Paris: Llorenç Villalonga’s Bearn 113
  9. 6. Exile in the City: Mercè Rodoreda’s La plaça del Diamant 133
  10. 7. Literary Construction: the Case of Eduardo Mendoza 147
  11. 8. In Transit: Exploring Travelogues 167
  12. 9. Back from the USSR . Travelers in the Land of the Soviets 183
  13. 10. Lightweight Luggage: Travel and Exile 199
  14. 11. Threshold to Nowhere? Travelogues to Non-places 217
  15. Bibliography 237
  16. Index 259
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