SANTINA (Society for the Analysis of Cultural Topics and Linguistic Identities N’Asturies) is a network of academics and cultural creators that launched in 2021 with the inaugural 1st SANTINA Conference to increase the international visibility of Asturian Studies, while also promoting the development of collaborative projects. Its mission is to foster a space for the research, teaching and dissemination of Asturian language and culture internationally. We also seek to facilitate conversations between Asturians and scholars of Asturias, both in Asturias and in the diaspora. We are currently based in the United States and welcome members from all over the world interested in Asturian Studies.
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Asturian Studies in the 21st Century
An international collection rethinking Asturian culture in a global context
Edited by Covadonga Lamar Prieto, Isabel Álvarez Sancho, and Miriam Villazón Valbuena, with a preface by renowned romanist Ana Cano, this groundbreaking volume brings together international scholars to examine Asturias beyond traditional center-periphery frameworks.
Contributors including Claudia Elena Menéndez Fernández, Eva Álvarez Vázquez, Luke Bowe, and Llorián García Flórez explore how Asturian language, literature, cinema, and culture participate in transnational networks while maintaining distinctive identity. From comparative Romance linguistics to new Asturian cinema, from ecocritical readings of Clarín and Palacio Valdés to pioneering sound studies, the collection demonstrates how peripheral cultures offer privileged access to new frontiers of knowledge.
Written in Asturian, Spanish, and English, this volume emerges from the international network SAnTINA.
Essential for scholars of Iberian Studies, minoritized languages, area cinemas, and cultural identity.
Published by Trabe, December 2024