Skeletons in the closet, skeletons in the ground : repression, victimization and humiliation in a small Andalusian town : the human consequences of the Spanish Civil War / Richard Barker.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Barker, Richard (Professor of Spanish)

Series:

Cañada Blanch/Sussex Academic studies on contemporary Spain

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

History.

Social aspects.

Castilleja del Campo (Spain)--History--20th century.

Castilleja del Campo (Spain).

Castilleja del Campo (Spain)--Social conditions--20th century.

Spain--History--Civil War, 1936-1939--Social aspects.

Spain.

Spain--History--Civil War, 1936-1939--Influence.

Physical Description:

xxvii, 283 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Portland : Sussex Academic Press, 2012.

Summary:

In the aftermath of the Spanish military coup of 1936, insurgents occupied the town of Castilleja del Campo in southern Spain, killing 17 people and publicly humiliating nine women. Barker (University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point) places a chronological narrative of the terror in the context of the history of Spain from April 1931 through the post-war years. Much of the book consists of oral histories and eyewitness accounts, interspersed with background and commentary, giving an account of the events from the various perspectives of politicians, union leaders, laborers, soldiers, a priest, relatives of men who were shot, and prisoners. In addition to oral histories, the book draws on documents, newspapers, and town archives. It is illustrated with b&w historical and contemporary photos and is distributed the US by ISBS. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

Republic

The First Republican Biennium

The Black Biennium

The popular front

July 19 to July 24, 1936

Repression

July 25 to August 27, 1936

August 28 to September 14, 1936

Other Castilleja del Campo victims of the repression

War

Men of Castilleja del Campo go to war

Men of Castilleja del Campo in the war

In the town during the war

From civil war to uncivil peace

Postwar

Years of hunger and decades of poverty

Repression in the postwar

The endless postwar.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781845195366

1845195361

OCLC:

767570711