Books in the Institute for Adminstrative Officers of Higher Ins series

In this text, works from the Spanish canon, such as the Spanish "Comedia" and Garcilaso's poetry, and literary areas that have been marginalized, like texts written by 19th-century Spanish women, are considered within the political context of textual editing.

Looking at a wide range of cultural practices and artefacts, including television, popular music, and pornography, this text addresses representations of sexual behaviour and collective identity, homosexuality, and ideologies of gender in historical and contemporary Hispanic culture.

"Picaresque Tales" - parodic narratives relating the adventures of a rogue - have been central to the development of Spanish literature. This text addresses the connection between literary representation and everyday life, examining the context in which the Picaresque mode developed.