Memories of the Spanish Civil War : conflict and community in rural Spain / Ruth Sanz Sabido.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sanz Sabido, Ruth, 1983- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Collective memory.

Rural conditions.

History.

Social aspects.

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

Spain.

Spain--Rural conditions--20th century.

Collective memory--Spain.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xx, 189 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Rowman & Littlefield International, [2016]

Summary:

The Spanish Civil War left a legacy of destruction, resentment and deep ideological divisions in a country that was attempting to recover from economic stagnation and social inequality. After Franco's victory, the repression and purge that ensued immersed Spain in a spiral of fear and silence, which continued long after the dictator's death through 'the pact of oblivion' that was observed during the transition to democracy. Memories of the Spanish Civil War: Conflict and Community in Rural Spain attempts to break this silence by recovering the local memories of survivors of the Civil War and the early years of Franco's dictatorship. Combining oral testimony gathered in one Andalusian village with archival research, this ethnographic study approaches the expression of memory as an important site of socio-political struggle. Book jacket.

Contents:

Introduction: memory, conflict and the rural context

Memory, politics and lived experience

Critical ethnography of memory

"There was no war here": repression and the Civil War

Class, ideology and local community

Rojas: women and the anti-Fascist struggle

Final remarks: from local memories to Spain's politics of oblivion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Sanz Sabido, Ruth, 1983- author. Memories of the Spanish Civil War

ISBN:

9781783483686

1783483687

OCLC:

948878830

Publisher Number:

99969666023