Memory and cultural history of the Spanish Civil War : realms of oblivion / edited by Aurora G. Morcillo.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Morcillo, Aurora G., editor.

Series:

History of warfare ; 1385-7827 v. 93.

History of warfare, 1385-7827 ; v. 93

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Collective memory.

History.

Social aspects.

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

Spain.

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

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

Collective memory--Spain.

Physical Description:

xvii, 571 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2014.

Summary:

The authors in this anthology explore how we are to rethink political and social narratives of the Spanish Civil War at the turn of the twenty-first century. The questions addressed here are based on a solid intellectual conviction of all the contributors to resist facile arguments both on the Right and the Left, concerning the historical and collective memory of the Spanish Civil War and the dictatorship in the milieu of post-transition to democracy. Central to a true democratic historical narrative is the commitment to listening to the other experiences and the willingness to rethink our present(s) in light of our past(s).

Contents:

Part 1 Institutional Realms of Memory

From Anti-Fascism to Humanism: The Spanish Civil War as a Crisis of Memory / Antonio Cazorla-Sánchez Cazorla-Sánchez, Antonio 21

Valle de los Caídos: A Monument to Defy Time and Oblivion / Álex Bueno Bueno, Álex 51

Political Responsibilities in Franco's Spain: Recovering the Memory of Economic Repression and Social Control in Andalusia, 1936-45 / Fernando Martínez López López, Fernando Martínez, Miguel Gómez Oliver Oliver, Miguel Gómez 111

Part 2 Past Imperfect: Gender Archetypes in Retrospect

The Battle to Define Spanish Manhood / Nerea Aresti Aresti, Nerea 147

From Militia Woman to Emakume: Myths Regarding Femininity during the Civil War in the Basque Country / Miren Llona Llona, Miren 179

The Republican Mother in Post-Transition Novels of Historical Memory: A Re-Inscription into Spanish Cultural Memory? / Deirdre Finnerty Finnerty, Deirdre 213

Part 3 The Many Languages of Domesticity

Embroidering the Nation: The Culture of Sewing and Spanish Ideologies of Domesticity / Paula A. de la Cruz-Fernández Cruz-Fernández, Paula A. de la 249

The Mythopoeia of Dolores Ibárruri, Pasionaria / Mary Ann Dellinger Dellinger, Mary Ann 285

Part 4 Realms of Oblivion: Hunger, Repression, and Violence

Franco's Bread: Auxilio Social from Below, 1937-1943 / Óscar Rodríguez Barreira Barreira, Óscar Rodríguez 319

Corpus Delicti: Social Imaginaries of Gendered Violence / Sofia Rodríguez López López, Sofia Rodríguez 359

Locks of Hair/Locks of Shame? Women, Dissidence, and Punishment during Francisco Franco's Dictatorship / M. Cinta Ramblado Minero Minero, M. Cinta Ramblado 401

Part 5 Strangers to Ourselves: Autobiographical Testimonies

Chelo's War: Late Memories of a Falangist Woman / Victoria L. Enders Enders, Victoria L. 437

Memories of War and Exile: Two Autobiographical Narratives of Exiled Women / Pilar Domínguez Prats Prats, Pilar Domínguez 467

Part 6 The Orient Within: Myths of Hispano-Arabic Identity

Military Memories, History, and the Myth of Hispano-Arabic Identity in the Spanish Civil War / Geoffrey Jensen Jensen, Geoffrey 495

"Carmencita" Goes East: Francoist Cultural Discourses about the Middle East / María del Mar Logroño Narbona Narbona, María del Mar Logroño 533.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9789004259959

9004259953

OCLC:

856518409