{"product_id":"9781487504731","title":"Poetry and Crisis","description":"Author: Jill Robbins\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781487504731\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: University of Toronto Press\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 23 Jan 2020\u003cbr\u003ePages: 192 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn March 11, 2004, Islamist terrorists carried out a massive bombing on Madrid's largely working-class commuter trains, leaving 191 people dead and more than 1,500 others wounded. This event, known in Spain as 11-M, was the second of three highly visible jihadist attacks on the West between 2001 and 2005, and the first in Europe, occurring just days before the national elections in Spain.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eArguing that 11-M marked a critical turning point in Spanish society, this book reveals how poetry played a unique role and reflected a new political and cultural sensibility defined by informal and non-hierarchical networks of communication and memorialization. After the attacks, poems circulated in public spaces in unexpected ways, creating links and relationships that were binding: they were inscribed on banners and monuments; musicalized in anthems, protest songs, and hip-hop music; reproduced on manifestos and blogs; sent by email and text; scribbled on scraps of paper and posted on walls; performed publicly; and painted as graffiti. These forms of expression also resonated strongly with Spanish poets who had already been exploring the possibilities of ethical engagement and aesthetic creation. \u003ci\u003ePoetry and Crisis\u003c\/i\u003e explores how this essentially poetic sensibility emerged from tragedy, laying the groundwork for similar kinds of affective and grassroots mobilization that continue to grow in Europe today. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47919514484894,"sku":"ING-9781487504731","price":82.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781487504731.jpg?v=1782813361","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781487504731","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}