{"product_id":"jazz-age-barcelona-hardback-9780802099372","title":"Jazz Age Barcelona (Hardback) 9780802099372","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eJazz Age Barcelona\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eRobert A. Davidson (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780802099372\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 27 August 2009\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e288 pages, 49 b\u0026amp;w illustrations\u003cbr\u003e24.1 x 16.1 x 2.1 cm, 0.52 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eDavidson's study is both a letter of introduction of Catalan modernism to the critical history of the global avant-garde and a transportation to a vitally creative and provocative lost age. - Marc Caplan (Hispanic Review, vol 78:04:10) \u0026amp;#x2018;Davidson\u0026amp;#x2019;s \u003cem\u003eJazz Age Barcelona\u003c\/em\u003e is an exemplary study of the relationships between print and popular culture in Barcelona… Scholars of European, Spanish, or Catalan history, media, and print culture, and the fascinating interwar period will certainly enjoy Davidson\u0026amp;#x2019;s analysis, literary style, and presentation.\u0026amp;#x2019; - Julia Hudson-Richards (Canadian Journal of History: vol45 : Autumn 2010) 'This book accomplishes a number of important objectives. It succeeds in introducing English speakers to largely unknown Catalan writers and their works and shows how broader cultural movements influenced the cultural life of at least one Spanish city. The book also contributes to a growing literature focused on the relationship between urban space and cultural production.' - Brian D. Bunk (American Historical review: April 2011) \u003cp\u003e‘Davidson’s book is strongly recommended to anyone with an interest in Catalonia and Spain in the early twentieth century, and will be of use to those studying the Europe of the time.’\u003c\/p\u003e - Richard Mansell (Modern Language Review; vol 108:02:2013)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne of the world's renowned centres of culture, Barcelona is also one of the capitals of modernist art given its associations with the talents of Dali, Picasso, and Gaudi. \u003cem\u003eJazz Age Barcelona\u003c\/em\u003e focuses the lenses of cultural studies and urban studies on the avant-garde character of the city during the cosmopolitan Jazz Age, delving into the cultural forces that flourished in Europe between the late 1910s and early 1930s. Studying literary journalism, photography, and the city of Barcelona itself, Robert Davidson argues that the explosion of jazz culture and the avant-garde was predominantly fostered by journalists and their positive reception of innovative new art forms and radical politics.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eUsing periodicals and recently rediscovered archival material, Davidson considers the relationship between the political pressures of a brutal class war, the grasp of a repressive dictatorship, and the engagement of the city's young intellectuals with Barcelona's culture and environment. Also analysing the 1929 International Exhibition and the down-and-out Raval District - which housed many of the Age's clubs and bars - \u003cem\u003eJazz Age Barcelona\u003c\/em\u003e is an insightful portrait of one of the twentieth century's most culturally rich times and places.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e Barcelona Boom Town\u003cbr\u003e Where Others Fear to Tread: \u003cem\u003eEl Escandalo\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eSangre en Atarazanas\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The Urban Aesthetics of Jazz Rhythm\u003cbr\u003e Vantage Point: Barcelona's \u003cem\u003eMirador\u003c\/em\u003e (1929-31)\u003cbr\u003e An Age in Pictures: \u003cem\u003eImatges\u003c\/em\u003e (1930)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The Color of a Cocktail: J.M. de Sagarra's Aperitiu and \u003cem\u003eVida privada\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Picking Up the Tab\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Works Cited\u003cbr\u003e Index \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52545922662680,"sku":"9780802099372","price":44.46,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/jazz-age-barcelona-hardback-9780802099372","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}