Thinking Barcelona : Ideologies of a Global City /
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| Author / Creator: | Illas, Edgar. |
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| Imprint: | Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013. |
| Description: | 1 online resource |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Contemporary Hispanic and Lusophone Cultures ; v. 7 Contemporary Hispanic and Lusophone cultures. |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11304658 |
| Summary: | Thinking Barcelona studies the ideological work that redefined Barcelona during the 1980s and adapted the city to a new economy of tourism, culture, and services. The 1992 Olympic Games offered to the municipal government a double opportunity to establish an internal consensus and launch Barcelona as a happy combination of European cosmopolitanism and Mediterranean rootedness. The staging of this municipal "euphoric postpolitics," which entailed an extensive process of urban renewal, connects with the similarly exultant contexts of a reviving Catalan nation, post-transitional Spain, and post-Cold War globalization. The transformation of Barcelona, in turn, contributed to define the ideologies of globalization, as the 1992 Games were among the first global mega-events that celebrated the neoliberal "end of history." Three types of materials are examined: political speeches and scripts of the Olympic ceremonies, with special focus on Xavier Rubert de Vent�s's screenplay for the reception of the flame<br> |
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| Item Description: | Title from publishers bibliographic system (viewed on 11 Apr 2014). |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781846317873 1846317878 9781781387924 1781387923 9781846318320 1846318327 |