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  1. Fables of development
    capitalism and social imaginaries in Spain (1950-1967)
    Published: 2024
    Publisher:  Liverpool University Press, Liverpool ; Oxford University Press, Oxford

    This volume focuses on a basic paradox: why is it that the so-called 'Spanish economic miracle' -a purportedly secular, rational, and technocratic process - was fictionally portrayed through providential narratives in which supernatural and... more

    Universitätsbibliothek Kassel, Landesbibliothek und Murhardsche Bibliothek der Stadt Kassel
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    This volume focuses on a basic paradox: why is it that the so-called 'Spanish economic miracle' -a purportedly secular, rational, and technocratic process - was fictionally portrayed through providential narratives in which supernatural and extraordinary elements were often involved? In order to answer this question, the author examines cultural fictions and social life at the time when Spain turned from autarchy to the project of industrial and tourist development.

     

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    Source: Union catalogues
    Contributor: Juan Hatchard, Luis de (Herausgeber)
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9781802073409
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    Series: Contemporary Hispanic and Lusophone cultures
    Liverpool scholarship online
    Subjects: Spanish literature; Magic realism (Literature); Capitalism in literature; Economics in literature; Motion pictures; Social ecology; Economic development; Literature; Literature: history & criticism
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource, Illustrationen
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    Includes bibliographical references and index