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Setting aside the pastiche of bullfighters and flamenco dancers that has dominated the US image of Spain for more than a century, this title uncovers the roots of Spanish studies to explain why the diversity, vitality, and complexity of Spanish history and culture have been reduced in US accounts to the equivalent of a tourist brochure.

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"In all, this is an excellent collection of serious studies, of interest to anyone curious about the origins of Spanish studies ("Hispanism") in this country." -- Virginia Quarterly Review

Spain in America The Origins of Hispanism in the

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      Publisher: University of Illinois Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 08/04/2002
      ISBN13: 9780252027246, 978-0252027246
      ISBN10: 0252027248
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      Book Synopsis
      Setting aside the pastiche of bullfighters and flamenco dancers that has dominated the US image of Spain for more than a century, this title uncovers the roots of Spanish studies to explain why the diversity, vitality, and complexity of Spanish history and culture have been reduced in US accounts to the equivalent of a tourist brochure.

      Trade Review
      "In all, this is an excellent collection of serious studies, of interest to anyone curious about the origins of Spanish studies ("Hispanism") in this country." -- Virginia Quarterly Review

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