A Literary Map of Spain in the 21st Century

Boruszko (Pepperdine U.) produces a (literary-metaphorical) "cartography" of Spain by exploring multi-lingual examples of 21st-century literature produced in Spain (including under her purview both relatively famous and relatively obscure writings) across nine themed chapters. Examples of specific themes include the socio-political context of contemporary Spain, the role of translation within linguistically non-homogenous communities, literatures of exile, women and terrorism in literature, transculturation and migratory identities, and hybrid spaces and metaphorical literary borderlands. Annotation c2013 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Graciela Susana Boruszko is Associate Professor at Pepperdine University. She also directs an International Research Group, Identidades Emergentes En Las Literaturas de la Cartografia Espanola, as well as participates in other international research groups on Comparative Literature. Dr. Boruszko has published numerous articles including ?Narratives of the Transnational: A Quest for Meaning a Study of ‘Moby Dick or the Whale’? in International Journal of the Humanities and ?History, Culture and Religion Migrate into Multicultural Literary Images Shaping an Interpretation of National Identities? in Utah Foreign Language Review. A Literary Map of Spain in the 21st Century contains a portion of Dr. Boruszko’s larger project that involves identity studies in the comparative literature field of other cultures from Europe, the Middle East, Latin America, and the United States in modern and ancient times.