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T1 Researching the American West in Spain: Beyond Prejudices and Misconceptions
T2 Investigando el Oeste Americano en España: Más allá de prejuicios y conceptos erróneos
A1 Río, David
K1 Western American Studies
K1 Spain
K1 Literature
K1 Films
K1 Culture
AB This essay analyzes the history of western American studies in Spain, offering a panoramicview of their genesis, development, and current situation. It is argued that the popularity ofthe American West in Spanish culture and society in the mid-twentieth century contrastssharply with its neglect by academia due to a series of prejudices and misconceptions, of-ten related to its almost exclusive association with the so-called formula western. I explorethe increasing visibility of western American studies in the last decades of the twentiethcentury and its consolidation during the present century. In fact, nowadays the literatureand culture of the American West receive wide attention in Spain, as illustrated by severalactivities, groups, individual scholars, and publications that demonstrate the vitality anddiversity of this area of research.
PB Servicio de Publicaciones, Universidad de La Laguna
YR 2024
FD 2024
LK http://riull.ull.es/xmlui/handle/915/37129
UL http://riull.ull.es/xmlui/handle/915/37129
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DS Repositorio institucional de la Universidad de La Laguna
RD 30-jun-2024