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Transitions: Journal of Franco-Iberian Studies seeks papers for a special number Navigating through the Spanish Urban Space in the 20th and 21st Centuries, to be devoted to the representation of the Spanish Urban Space in the 20th and 21st centuries. This volume will function as a mirror of our last issue constituted on the Parisian Banlieue. Papers should address perceptions, representations, or negotiations of the city in Spain through literature, film and/or art. Papers might address topics such as social production and interpretation of the urban space, how the city shapes-and in turn is shaped by—artistic creation, the mediation of the Spanish city in notions of subjectivity, identity, alterity, and/or regionalisms. This special issue will appear in December 2012. The deadline for submissions is September 15th, 2012. Transitions accepts original articles written in English, French…