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An Old Art for a New Culture: The Popular and the Avant-Garde in Josep Renau's Nueva Cultura

The Spanish artist Josep Renau (1907-1982) published the propaganda
periodical Nueva cultura from 1935 to 1937. Although richly illustrated with cuttingedge
graphic design and photomontage, it made use of popular culture with more
frequency than might be expected in a left-wing, vanguard publication. This is seen
most notably in the March 1937 special edition, published to coincide with a local,
popular festival. In the special edition, Renau primarily utilized popular forms of
illustration in the layout. Further, by publishing it in the regional language rather
than Castilian Spanish, he attested to the importance of addressing people in their
own language, both linguistically and formally. This thesis examines the periodical in
relation to philosopher Mikhail Bakhtin’s writings on folk culture and James V.
Wertsch’s research on collective remembering.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:uoregon.edu/oai:scholarsbank.uoregon.edu:1794/12418
Date January 2012
CreatorsKoehler, June, Koehler, June
ContributorsSimmons, Sherwin
PublisherUniversity of Oregon
Source SetsUniversity of Oregon
Languageen_US
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeElectronic Thesis or Dissertation
RightsAll Rights Reserved.

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