Memories of the Spanish Civil War: Conflict and Community in Rural Spain

ISBN-13: 9781783483693 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 210 str.

Ruth Sanz Sabido

Opis

The Spanish Civil War left a legacy of destruction, resentment and deep ideological divisions in a country which was already marked by economic stagnation, social uprisings and political instability. 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 silence that was agreed 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 memories of survivors of the Civil War and the early years of Franco s dictatorship in rural Spain. It combines archival research with oral testimony from one village in Huelva to look at memory as an important site of socio-political struggle."