The Humanities Still Matter

Rubén Jarazo-Álvarez is Lecturer in English at the University of the Balearic Islands (Spain), where he teaches courses on British cultural studies and American culture. His research interests focus on British cultural studies and the influence of Anglophone cultures in Spain, from William Shakespeare in twentieth-century Spain to British telefantasy. His recent publications include The Cultural Politics of Harry Potter: Life, Death and Transition (2020). José Igor Prieto-Arranz is Associate Professor of English at the University of the Balearic Islands (Spain), where he teaches courses on British history and culture and critical theory. His research in the fields of second-language acquisition, translation and, most especially, cultural studies, has appeared in edited collections as well as high-ranking international journals.

CONTENTS: José Igor Prieto-Arranz/Rubén Jarazo-Álvarez – Introduction: The Humanities and the Challenges of the New Europe: Identity, Gender and Space – Part I: Identity – Sabine Coelsch-Foisner: Theatre as (Inter-)Cultural Responsibility: A Practice-Led Perspective on Present-Day Opera Productions – Elizabeth Woodward-Smith: The Brexit Challenge: Surviving the Identity Crisis with Humour – Eduardo de Gregorio-Godeo: Global Populisms in Europe and the Revival of Hard-Right Political Discourses on Immigration in Contemporary Britain: Echoes of Enoch Powell in Nigel Farage’s Discourse – Jane Ekstam – On Memorylands and Sea of Memories: Empathy and Historical Memory in Twenty-First-Century Europe – David Clark – Sins of the Fathers: Recent Crime Fiction and the Challenges of Policing a New Northern Ireland – Slávka Tomaščíková – Postmillennial Food Narratives in the Media: Cooking and Feeding Social Practices – Part II: Gender – Estella Tincknell: Domestic Drudges and Difficult Aunties: Older Asian Women in British Film and Television Comedy – María del Mar Ramón-Torrijos: Romantic Love, Drama and Self-Realization in Marian Keyes’ Postfeminist Narrative – Natalia Magnes: Transgender Communities: Shifting Gender Boundaries, Shifting Language – José Manuel Estévez-Saá: Reading Kamila Shamsie’s Home Fire Transculturally – Part III: Space – Armela Panajoti: Branding Albania through Social Media: A Comparative Semiotic Analysis – Mark E. Casey – Magaluf: End Times for Mass Low Cost British Tourism? – Antonio Bruyèl-Olmedo/Maria Juan-Garau: Tourism and the Visibility of Local Languages: Reflections on the Introduction of Catalan in the Majorcan Tourist Public Space – Roberta Piazza: Reminiscing the Holocaust: Co-Constructed Narratives of Identity.