Basura : cultures of waste in contemporary Spain / Samuel Amago.

Author/creator Amago, Samuel, 1974- author.
Format Book
PublicationCharlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2021.
Copyright Date©2021
Descriptionx, 239 pages : illustrations (color) ; 24 cm.
Subjects

SeriesUnder the sign of nature : explorations in ecocriticism
Under the sign of nature. ^A486502
Contents Introduction: Waste, theory, method -- Pedro Almodóvar's modern projections -- Trash, culture, and democracy in contemporary Madrid -- Junkspace photography -- Archaeological fiction -- Comics perspectives on Spanish crisis -- Words and the wasting self in Rosa Montero's fiction -- Conclusion: Two plastic things.
Abstract "An exploration of how Spanish culture has engaged with the debris it has created and cast aside, this book reveals the problematic, ever evolving process of discarding and, inevitably, of recovering meaning and value in contemporary Spain"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Issued in other formOnline version: Amago, Samuel, 1974- Basura Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2021 9780813945934
LCCN 2021001499
ISBN9780813945910 hardcover
ISBN0813945917 hardcover
ISBN9780813945927 paperback
ISBN0813945925 paperback
ISBNelectronic publication
Standard identifier# 40030667113

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks HD4485 .S7 A43 2021 ✔ Available Place Hold