The Battle over Spanish between 1800 and 2000

Language & Ideologies and Hispanic Intellectuals

José del Valle editor Luis Gabriel-Stheeman editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd

Published:27th Sep '01

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This book examines the way in which a group of key Spanish and Latin American intellectuals of the nineteenth and twentieth-centuries discussed the concept of the Spanish language. The contributors analyse the ways in which these discussions related to the construction of national identities and the idea of an Hispanic culture.
This book will be essential reading for sociolinguists, scholars of the Spanish language, historians of the Hispanic culture, and all those with an interest in the relationship between language and culture.

'...a fascinating excursion into the cultural history of ideas in Spain and Latin America over the last two centuries...' - Miranda Stewart, Bulletin of Spanish Studies

'...a thought-provoking analysis of an often neglected but arguably central dimension of the construction of "Hispanidad" : the symbolic role of the Spanish language.' - Miranda Stewart, Bulletin of Spanish Studies


'A fascinating excursion into the cultural history of ideas in Spain and Latin America over the last two centuries.' - Miranda Stewart, Bulletin of Spanish Studies

ISBN: 9780415252560

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 630g

254 pages