Under the current cartographies of globalism, where frontiers mutate,
vacillate, and mark the contiguity of discourse, questioning the Spanish
border seems a particularly urgent task. The volume engages a wide
spectrum of ambivalent regions--subjects that currently are, or have
been seen in the past, as spaces of negotiation and contestation.
However, they converge in their perception of the "Spanish" nation-space
as a historical and ideological construct that is perpetually going
through transformations and reformations. This volume advocates the
position that intellectual responsibility must lead us to engage openly
in the issues underlying current social and political tensions.