Poetry and Crisis
Cultural Politics and Citizenship in the Wake of the Madrid Bombings
Seiten
2020
University of Toronto Press (Verlag)
978-1-4875-0473-1 (ISBN)
University of Toronto Press (Verlag)
978-1-4875-0473-1 (ISBN)
Poetry and Crisis argues that the 2004 terrorist attacks in Madrid marked a critical turning point in Spanish society, with poetry taking a unique role in reflecting new political and cultural realities.
On March 11, 2004, Islamist terrorists carried out a massive bombing on Madrid’s largely working-class commuter trains, leaving 191 people dead and more than 1,500 others wounded. This event, known in Spain as 11-M, was the second of three highly visible jihadist attacks on the West between 2001 and 2005, and the first in Europe, occurring just days before the national elections in Spain.
Arguing that 11-M marked a critical turning point in Spanish society, this book reveals how poetry played a unique role and reflected a new political and cultural sensibility defined by informal and non-hierarchical networks of communication and memorialization. After the attacks, poems circulated in public spaces in unexpected ways, creating links and relationships that were binding: they were inscribed on banners and monuments; musicalized in anthems, protest songs, and hip-hop music; reproduced on manifestos and blogs; sent by email and text; scribbled on scraps of paper and posted on walls; performed publicly; and painted as graffiti. These forms of expression also resonated strongly with Spanish poets who had already been exploring the possibilities of ethical engagement and aesthetic creation. Poetry and Crisis explores how this essentially poetic sensibility emerged from tragedy, laying the groundwork for similar kinds of affective and grassroots mobilization that continue to grow in Europe today.
On March 11, 2004, Islamist terrorists carried out a massive bombing on Madrid’s largely working-class commuter trains, leaving 191 people dead and more than 1,500 others wounded. This event, known in Spain as 11-M, was the second of three highly visible jihadist attacks on the West between 2001 and 2005, and the first in Europe, occurring just days before the national elections in Spain.
Arguing that 11-M marked a critical turning point in Spanish society, this book reveals how poetry played a unique role and reflected a new political and cultural sensibility defined by informal and non-hierarchical networks of communication and memorialization. After the attacks, poems circulated in public spaces in unexpected ways, creating links and relationships that were binding: they were inscribed on banners and monuments; musicalized in anthems, protest songs, and hip-hop music; reproduced on manifestos and blogs; sent by email and text; scribbled on scraps of paper and posted on walls; performed publicly; and painted as graffiti. These forms of expression also resonated strongly with Spanish poets who had already been exploring the possibilities of ethical engagement and aesthetic creation. Poetry and Crisis explores how this essentially poetic sensibility emerged from tragedy, laying the groundwork for similar kinds of affective and grassroots mobilization that continue to grow in Europe today.
Jill Robbins is a professor emerita in the School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts at the University of California, Merced.
Introduction
Part 1: Poetry, Politics, Performance
1. Rhetoric and Ideology in Grassroots Memorials and Official Monuments
2. Circulation and Performance in Memorial and Media Sites
3. Archives and Grassroots Anthologies: Preservation, Social Action, and Affect
Part 2: Poets, Cultural Politics, and Crisis
4. Body, Affect, Flesh
5. Pixel, Bar Code, Algorithm
Conclusions
Notes
Works Cited
Index
Erscheinungsdatum | 10.05.2021 |
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Reihe/Serie | Toronto Iberic |
Zusatzinfo | 3 b&w illustrations |
Verlagsort | Toronto |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 155 x 231 mm |
Gewicht | 420 g |
Themenwelt | Sozialwissenschaften |
ISBN-10 | 1-4875-0473-X / 148750473X |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-4875-0473-1 / 9781487504731 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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