TY - BOOK ID - 78012011 TI - The Aesthetics of the Ephemeral : Memory Theaters in Contemporary Barcelona PY - 2014 SN - 1438452357 9781438452357 9781438452333 1438452330 PB - Albany, New York : State University of New York Press, DB - UniCat KW - Collective memory in literature. KW - Catalan drama KW - Theater KW - Dramatics KW - Histrionics KW - Professional theater KW - Stage KW - Theatre KW - Performing arts KW - Acting KW - Actors KW - Catalan literature KW - History and criticism KW - History UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:78012011 AB - In The Aesthetics of the Ephemeral, Jennifer Duprey examines five contemporary plays from Barcelona: Olors and Testament by Josep Maria Benet i Jornet, AntÃgona by Jordi Coca, Forasters by Sergi Belbel, and Temptació by Carles Batlle. She argues that in both the theatrical text and its performance an aesthetics of the ephemeral materializes that is related to specific manifestations of cultural and historical memory in Spain and Catalonia. These manifestations of memory include historical concerns such as the possibility of another form of justice in predicaments of violence after the Civil War, and they also include contemporary issues such as the production of ruins by the processes of gentrification in Barcelona, the complexity of immigration in Spain, and the destruction or preservation of Catalan cultural legacies. In her analysis of these topics, Duprey engages and expands on theories related to questions of subjectivity and identity in late modernity. This book will be of interest to those concerned with Iberian cultural studies and with how theater reflects on and contributes to contemporary political dialogue. ER -