Entre lo real y lo imaginado. Escritores, libreros y editores (independientes) de Madrid en la FIL Guadalajara 2017
ISSN: 1577-3388, 2255-520X
Year of publication: 2022
Volume: 22
Issue: 80
Pages: 91-112
Type: Article
More publications in: Iberoamericana. América Latina, España, Portugal: Ensayos sobre letras, historia y sociedad. Notas. Reseñas iberoamericanas
Abstract
The strategic importance of modern book fairs goes beyond Book Studies, encouraging new perspectives and border crossing analyses. Therefore, and informed by an intensive fieldwork at the Guadalajara International Book Fair (FIL Guadalajara) in 2017, this essay deals with the performative nature of cultural products, speeches, and representations. In so doing, I shall first examine the relationship between literature, heritage, and tourism through the lens of literary journals available at the fair. Then, building bridges between existing lines of research and informed by ongoing debates in the field, I shall highlight the entanglements between politics, publishing industry and marketplace imperatives through the lens of Spanish independent publishers.