Fifth Manuel Vázquez Montalbán International Conference: Diagnosing the present: literary interventions on globalization and neoliberalism
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Birkbeck 43 Gordon Square
Spanish writer Manuel Vázquez Montalbán’s thought was always characterized by his political insights on current affairs, which permeated all genres and aspects of his writing. This political dimension has been mostly studied in relation to the Spanish, Catalan and Barcelona contexts. Marking forty years of the hegemony of the neoliberal “common sense”, signalled by Margaret Thatcher’ coming to power in the UK in 1979, followed soon after by that of Ronald Reagan in the US, this conference will shift that focus from local to global parameters by exploring the author's literary reflections on the emergence and impact of neoliberalism.
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Contact name:
Mari-Paz Balibrea Enriquez