Regionalism may refer to: *

Regionalism (art) American Regionalism is an American realist modern art movement that included paintings, murals, lithographs, and illustrations depicting realistic scenes of rural and small-town America, primarily in the Midwest. It arose in the 1930s as a res ...

, an American realist modern art movement that was popular during the 1930s *

Regionalism (international relations) In international relations, regionalism is the expression of a common sense identity and purpose combined with the creation and implementation of institutions that express a particular identity and shape collective action within a geographical reg ...

, the expression of a common sense of identity and purpose combined with the creation and implementation of institutions that express a particular identity and shape collective action within a geographical region *

Regionalism (politics) Regionalism is a political ideology that seeks to increase the political power, influence and self-determination of the people of one or more subnational regions. It focuses on the "development of a political or social system based on one or mo ...

, a political ideology that focuses on the interests of a particular region or group of regions, whether traditional or formal *

Critical regionalism Critical regionalism is an approach to architecture that strives to counter the placelessness and lack of identity of the International Style, but also rejects the whimsical individualism and ornamentation of Postmodern architecture. The stylings ...

, in architecture, an approach that strives to counter placelessness and lack of identity in modern architecture by using the building's geographical context

Literature

American literary regionalism American literary regionalism, often used interchangeably with the term "local color", is a style or genre of writing in the United States that gained popularity in the mid-to-late 19th century and early 20th century. In this style of writing, whi ...

, refers to fiction or poetry that focuses on specific features – including characters, dialects, customs, history, and landscape – of a particular region *

British regional literature In literature regionalism refers to fiction or poetry that focuses on specific features, such as dialect, customs, history, and landscape, of a particular region (also called "local colour"). The setting is particularly important in regional l ...

Criollismo ''Criollismo'' () is a literary movement that was active from the end of the 19th century to the beginning of the 20th century throughout Hispanic America. It is considered the Hispanic counterpart to American literary regionalism. Using a realis ...

, a literary movement

Literature

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