Post/Imperial Encounters : : Anglo-Hispanic Cultural Relations / / Juan E. Tazón Salces, Isabel Carrera Suárez.

• Superior document: Textxet: Studies in Comparative Literature ; 45
• VerfasserIn: Salces, Juan E. Tazón; Suárez, Isabel Carrera,
• TeilnehmendeR: Suárez, Isabel Carrera,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden; , Boston : : BRILL,, 2005.
• Year of Publication: 2005
• Language: English
• Series: Textxet: Studies in Comparative Literature ; 45.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (238 pages)
• Other title: Anglo-Hispanic Cultural Relations
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 9004488626
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Juan E. Tazón Salces, Isabel Carrera Suárez.

Spanish and English are two of the most widely spoken languages in today's world, and are linked by a colonial presence in the Americas that has often provoked turbulent relations between Britain and Spain. Despite abundant exchanges between Spain and the British Isles, and evident contact in the Americas, cross-cultural analyses are infrequent, and ironically language barriers still prevail in a world the media and globalization would appear to render borderless: English and Hispanic Studies have seldom converged, the islands of the Caribbean continue to be separated by language, while the new empire, the United States, has difficulty in admitting to its Hispanic component, let alone recognizing that the name "America" encompasses a wider continent. Post/Imperial Encounters: Anglo-Hispanic Cultural Relations attempts to bridge this gap through articles on literature, history and culture that concentrate primarily on three periods: the colonial interventions of Britain and Spain in the Americas, the Spanish Civil War and the present world, with its global culture and new forms of colonialism.