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Ghosts of passion : martyrdom, gender, and the origins of the Spanish Civil War / Brian D. Bunk.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bunk, Brian D., 1968-
- Series:
- e-Duke books scholarly collection.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Spain--History--Civil War, 1936-1939--Causes.
- Spain.
- Asturias (Spain)--History--Revolution, 1934.
- Asturias (Spain).
- Spain--History--Civil War, 1936-1939--Social aspects.
- Spain--History--Civil War, 1936-1939--Participation, Female.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (257 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Durham : Duke University Press, 2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Deals with central problem in modern Spanish history-- why did civil war break out in 1936-- arguing that cultural representations of earlier revolution helped trigger the war through focus on social tensions around religion and gender.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- The Revolution of October 1934
- Sacred blood : the martyrs of Turon and conservative politics
- "Your comrades will not forget!" revolutionary martyrs and political unity
- Grandsons of the Cid : masculinity, sexual violence, and the destruction of the family
- Hyenas, harpies, and proletarian mothers : commemorating female participation
- The October Revolution in democratic Spain.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [215]-237) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786613023032
- 9781283023030
- 1283023032
- 9780822389569
- 0822389568
- OCLC:
- 220950171
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