Splintering of Spain - Cultural History and the Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939

Klappentext This 2005 book explores the ideas and culture surrounding the cataclysmic civil war that engulfed Spain from 1936 to 1939. Zusammenfassung This 2005 book explores the ideas and culture surrounding the Spanish Civil War. Leading historians offer new interpretations of the civil war and argue that it reflected the cultural cleavages in 1930s society rather than a single great conflict between two easily identifiable sets of ideas! classes or ways of life. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. History, memory and the Spanish civil war: recent perspectives Chris Ealham and Michael Richards; Part I. Overviews: Violence, Nationalism and Religion: 2. The symbolism of violence during the Second Republic in Spain, 1931-1936 Eduardo Gonzalez Calleja; 3. Nations in arms against the invader: on nationalism discourses during the Spanish Civil War, 1936-9 Xose-Manoel Núnez Seixas; 4. 'The keys of the Kingdom': religious violence in the Spanish Civil War, July-August 1936 Mary Vincent; Part II. Republican Political and Cultural Projects: 5. Catalan populism in the Spanish civil war Enric Ucelay- Da Cal; 6. The myth of the maddened crowd: class, culture and space in the revolutionary project in Barcelona 1936-37 Chris Ealham; 7. The culture of empowering in Gijón, 1936-37 Pamela Radcliff; Part III. Identities on the Francoist Side: 8. Old symbols, new meanings: mobilising the rebellion in the summer of 1936 Rafael Cruz Martinez; 9. 'Spain's Vendee': Carlist identity in Navarre as a mobilising model Francisco Javier Caspistegui; 10. 'Presenting arms to the Blessed Sacrament': civil war and Semana Santa in the city of Málaga, 1936-39 Michael Richards.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Chris Ealham, Christopher Ealham, Christopher Richards Ealham
• Con la collaborazione di: Chris Ealham (Editore), Ealham Chris (Editore), Michael Richards (Editore)
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 14.04.2011
• EAN: 9780521173209
• ISBN: 978-0-521-17320-9
• Pagine: 312
• Categorie: Saggistica > Storia > Altro; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Storia dei paesi e delle regioni; European History, Spain, HISTORY / Europe / General, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, c 1930 to c 1939, Modern warfare, c 1919 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), c 1918 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), Specific wars and campaigns, Civil wars