{"product_id":"framing-majismo-tara-zanardi-9780271067247","title":"Framing Majismo: Art and Royal Identity in Eighteenth-Century Spain","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eMajismo, \u003c\/i\u003e a cultural phenomenon that embodied the popular aesthetic in Spain from the second half of the eighteenth century, served as a vehicle to \"regain\" Spanish heritage. As expressed in visual representations of popular types participating in traditional customs and wearing garments viewed as historically Spanish, majismo\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003econferred on Spanish \"citizens\" the pictorial ideal of a shared national character.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eFraming Majismo, \u003c\/i\u003e Tara Zanardi explores nobles' fascination with and appropriation of the practices and types associated with majismo, as well as how this connection cultivated the formation of an elite Spanish identity in the late 1700s and aided the Bourbons' objective to fashion themselves as the legitimate rulers of Spain. In particular, the book considers artistic and literary representations of the \u003ci\u003emajo\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003emaja\u003c\/i\u003e, purportedly native types who embodied and performed uniquely Spanish characteristics. Such visual examples of majismo emerge as critical and contentious sites for navigating eighteenth-century conceptions of gender, national character, and noble identity. Zanardi also examines how these bodies were contrasted with those regarded as \"foreign,\" finding that \"foreign\" and \"national\" bodies were frequently described and depicted in similar ways. She isolates and uncovers the nuances of bodily representation, ultimately showing how the body and the emergent nation were mutually constructed at a critical historical moment for both.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tara Zanardi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0271067241\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780271067247\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penn State University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/15\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.30h x 8.10w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2016","brand":"Tara Zanardi","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48064810811647,"sku":"9780271067247","price":118.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f1ace107-5257-4966-a930-1c4c2772f6bd.jpg?v=1768671183","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/framing-majismo-tara-zanardi-9780271067247","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}