Journal of Spanish Cultural Studies

International peer-reviewed journal that interrogates cultural production and cultural practices in or related to the Spanish state.

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We just published JSCS 27.2! With essays on early modern music and dance cultures, the fiction of Adelina Gurrea and Almudena Grandes, and the art and archives of María Paz Jiménez

https://t.co/Wk7BMGz4zJ

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Popular romance novel author María Mercedes Ortoll is the focus of Nino Kebadze’s article from issue 11.2, which studies on the representation of women in “El pecado de Lida Verona” (1953) https://t.co/0CC9Btl1Fx

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Accompanying JSCS 27.2 is a selection of FREE ACCESS articles from our archive, all grouped around a theme of women during Francoism, chosen to accompany Lekuona-Mariscal and Barcenilla’s essay on María Paz Jiménez

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In this article by María Rosón’s from issue 16.2, she analyzes the photo album compiled by painter Esperanza Parada (1928–2011), comprised of images taken during the first sixty years of the 20th century https://t.co/a8DF1vuu5L

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The figure of Helena Lumbreras, Spanish director and co-founder of Colectivo Cine de Clase, is studied by Annalisa Mirizio in this article from a 2017 special issue on “anachronism and the militant image” https://t.co/kdmRa2JbUn

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Álvaro Álvarez Rodrigo studies the figure of actress of Sara Montiel – “el primer gran mito sexual del franquismo” – in this article from issue 21.3, analyzing some of her most famous roles and her mentions in magazines https://t.co/9UvpFG6caj

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From issue 22.3, Sonia García López recovers the untold and largely unknown histories of the group of women who passed through the Escuela Oficial de Cinematografía during Francoism https://t.co/XdsYoTNR0E

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Another FREE ACCESS article (til Sept. 1) – Sandra González Basanta’s study of “Los pacientes del Doctor García” analyzes how Almudena Grandes’s novel maps out a cartography of postwar Madrid
https://t.co/ZZ7Bjovhkx

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We just published JSCS 27.2! With essays on early modern music and dance cultures, the fiction of Adelina Gurrea and Almudena Grandes, and the art and archives of María Paz Jiménez

https://t.co/Wk7BMGz4zJ

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Ane Lekuona-Mariscal and Haizea Barcenilla explore the art and personal archives of María Paz Jiménez (featured on cover image!) to understand how a female artist of Roma descent navigated the Franco-era art world of Europe, Spain and the Basque Country https://t.co/rivWxmJuxg

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Azariah Alfante, in an OPEN ACCESS article, analyzes Adelina Gurrea’s short story “El Talisay” as way to understand the contemporary legacies of cultural and religious hybridity in the Phillipnies in the 20th century https://t.co/fAR2n1hwri

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In their OPEN ACCESS article, Diana Berruezo-Sánchez and Josep Pujol-Coll study 8 Afro-Iberian musicians at the court of Phillip IV, using limited archival evidence and critical fabulation to understand their complicated position in early modern Spain
https://t.co/tBdCb789Zm

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Ivana Arsić, in an article offered FREE ACCESS til Sept. 1, analyzes the singing, dance, and festive celebrations of Conversos and Moriscos as forms of dissent against hegemonic Christianity in the early modern Crown of Aragon

https://t.co/4rniXLrIUE

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Finally, we have text from a 2025 roundtable discussion (FREE ACCESS til June 1) on “The Spatial Politics of Everyday Life”, with Megan Saltzman, Enric Bou, and Susan Larson discussing their recent publications, as moderated by Vicent Rubio-Pueyo

https://t.co/IEIQwYR8G8

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New year. New volume of JSCS. New issue (27.1)! Featuring articles on Ana María Moix, Luisa Castro’s autofictional Movida novel, and the transgressive pedagogy of Antoni Benaiges – and don’t miss the discussion on the spatial politics of everyday life!

https://t.co/1Y9GuxFZM3

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In this OPEN ACCESS article, Parker Lawson analyzes the transgressive pedagogy of Antoni Benaiges, a rural schoolteacher killed during the early days of the Nationalist uprising, as depicted in Patricia Font’s 2023 film “El maestro que prometió el mar”

https://t.co/nlZ1eZ1sO9

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Catherine Barbour analyzes a 2001 autofictional novel by Luisa Castro, which provides a more critical view of the years of the Movida madrileña from the perspective of a young, Galician woman writer

https://t.co/8eXnEp7LVX

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FREE ACCESS until June 1 is Sofía González-Gómez’s article on the work of Ana María Moix with “Vindicación Feminista” – her literary criticism of two female writers almost forgotten during decades of Francoist repression: Rosa Chacel and Felicidad Blanc

https://t.co/M5zSAoaKwV

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JSCS is hiring an Assistant Managing Editor! Applications due March 1, 2026! Share with anyone who might be interested – details at link:
https://t.co/SarLGXwQZn

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The JSCS is excited to announce the Jo Labanyi Essay Prize, an annual award (of $750) for the best article published in the journal each year. The first winner will be named in early 2027 for articles published in 2026! More info at the link:

https://t.co/pLHZKk04Ag

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Published OPEN ACCESS, this essay by Maribel Peñalver Vicea offers a reading of “El Agua”, the recent film by Elena López Riera, and its depiction of the confrontation between local myth and global climate change

https://t.co/0fXwsIj1J9

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We just published issue 26.4! Featuring articles on the trial of José Antono Primo de Rivera and artist Raquel Friera, as well as three essays on film: queer film in the Basque countryside, Violeta Salama’s "Alegria", and Elena Lopez Riera’s "El Agua"

https://t.co/WeTGJBBOGT