Spain After the Indignados/15M Movement The 99% Speaks Out
Spain After the Indignados/15M Movement explores how the aftershocks of the 2007 Great Recession restructured Spain’s political sphere and political imaginary. It brings together a representative sample of Spain’s leading progressive voices, including two
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Edited by Óscar Pereira-Zazo Steven L. Torres
Spain After the Indignados/15M Movement
Óscar Pereira-Zazo • Steven L. Torres Editors
Spain After the Indignados/15M Movement The 99% Speaks Out
Editors Óscar Pereira-Zazo Department of Modern Languages and Literatures University of Nebraska–Lincoln Lincoln, NE, USA
Steven L. Torres Department of Foreign Languages & Literature University of Nebraska Omaha Omaha, NE, USA
ISBN 978-3-030-19434-5 ISBN 978-3-030-19435-2 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-19435-2 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Cover illustration: Nicolas Aguilera / EyeEm / Getty Images This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by the registered company Springer Nature Switzerland AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
Preface
After 2007, when the Great Recession began, it was clear to the editors of this volume that it was imperative to recover and develop the practice of a reflexive and interdisciplinary cultural analysis and critique. We were aware that the humanities were becoming an ornamental component of the university system. Moreover, it was clear to us that the public relations policies of universities were often engendering disciplinary bubbles within literary and cultural studies, bubbles that were fragmenting the analysis of human culture. Formal and informal conversations with other colleagues led us to collaborate in the creation of a space for dialogue that finally became ALCESXXI. After a year of planning, we held our first gathering in Spain in 2011, during the same months when the 15M or Indignados Movement was taking place. Our goal was to transcend the academic field and its disciplinary ghettos, and to bring toget
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