The Spanish Arcadia: Sheep Herding, Pastoral Discourse, and Ethnicity in Early Modern Spain Contributor(s): Irigoyen-Garcia, Javier (Author) |
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ISBN: 1442647272 ISBN-13: 9781442647275 Publisher: University of Toronto Press OUR PRICE: $79.20 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2013 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Renaissance - Literary Criticism | European - Spanish & Portuguese - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social |
Dewey: 306.09 |
Series: Toronto Iberic |
Physical Information: 1.3" H x 6.1" W x 9.1" (1.50 lbs) 360 pages |
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Publisher Description: The Spanish Arcadia analyzes the figure of the shepherd in the sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Spanish imaginary, exploring its centrality to the discourses on racial, cultural, and religious identity. Drawing on a wide range of documents, including theological polemics on blood purity, political treatises, manuals on animal husbandry, historiography, paintings, epic poems, and Spanish ballads, Javier Irigoyen-Garc a argues that the figure of the shepherd takes on extraordinary importance in the reshaping of early modern Spanish identity. The Spanish Arcadia contextualizes pastoral romances within a broader framework and assesses how they inform other cultural manifestations. In doing so, Irigoyen-Garc a provides incisive new ideas about the social and ethnocentric uses of the genre, as well as its interrelation with ideas of race, animal husbandry, and nation building in early modern Spain. |
Contributor Bio(s): Irigoyen-Garcia, Javier: - Javier Irigoyen-García is an associate professor of Spanish Studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His previous work, The Spanish Arcadia, is also published by the University of Toronto Press. |