Author: Hayley Rabanal
ISBN: 9781855662339
Format: HB
Extent: 256 pp.
Price: £55
Publication: November 2011
Publisher: Tamesis

 

Gopegui’s social commitments find expression in her concern for solidarity and collective projects. These become more radical over time in response to a disenchantment with the evolution of the left in Spain and to the global impact of the capitalist economic system, giving rise to increasingly interventionist narrative strategies.

The core theme of solidarity is explored in relation to the collective experience of Spain’s largely consensual democratic transition and to the apparent erosion of collective goals in post-transition society. Gopegui’s discourse of solidarity is examined through engagement with theorists of advanced modernity, including Ulrich Beck’s ‘risk society’ model and various contemporary reflections on the concept of solidarity. Centered on Gopegui’s first four novels, the study situates analysis of these within the perspective of her later works and illuminates her artistic and intellectual trajectory by drawing on an extensive array of her non-fiction writings and personal interviews, one of which is published here for the first time.

 

Author: Hayley Rabanal
ISBN: 9781855662339
Format: HB
Extent: 256 pp.
Price: £55
Publication: November 2011
Publisher: Tamesis

 

Gopegui’s social commitments find expression in her concern for solidarity and collective projects. These become more radical over time in response to a disenchantment with the evolution of the left in Spain and to the global impact of the capitalist economic system, giving rise to increasingly interventionist narrative strategies.

The core theme of solidarity is explored in relation to the collective experience of Spain’s largely consensual democratic transition and to the apparent erosion of collective goals in post-transition society. Gopegui’s discourse of solidarity is examined through engagement with theorists of advanced modernity, including Ulrich Beck’s ‘risk society’ model and various contemporary reflections on the concept of solidarity. Centered on Gopegui’s first four novels, the study situates analysis of these within the perspective of her later works and illuminates her artistic and intellectual trajectory by drawing on an extensive array of her non-fiction writings and personal interviews, one of which is published here for the first time.

 

Author: Hayley Rabanal
ISBN: 9781855662339
Format: HB
Extent: 256 pp.
Price: £55
Publication: November 2011
Publisher: Tamesis

 

Gopegui’s social commitments find expression in her concern for solidarity and collective projects. These become more radical over time in response to a disenchantment with the evolution of the left in Spain and to the global impact of the capitalist economic system, giving rise to increasingly interventionist narrative strategies.

The core theme of solidarity is explored in relation to the collective experience of Spain’s largely consensual democratic transition and to the apparent erosion of collective goals in post-transition society. Gopegui’s discourse of solidarity is examined through engagement with theorists of advanced modernity, including Ulrich Beck’s ‘risk society’ model and various contemporary reflections on the concept of solidarity. Centered on Gopegui’s first four novels, the study situates analysis of these within the perspective of her later works and illuminates her artistic and intellectual trajectory by drawing on an extensive array of her non-fiction writings and personal interviews, one of which is published here for the first time.