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

• Superior document: History of warfare, 93
• TeilnehmendeR: Morcillo, Aurora G.
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, 2013.
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Language: English
• Series: History of warfare ; v. 93.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (592 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

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). The volume is divided in six parts: I. Institutional Realms of Memory; II. Past Imperfect: Gender Archetypes in Retrospect; III. The Many Languages of Domesticity; IV. Realms of Oblivion: Hunger, Repression, and Violence; V. Strangers to Ourselves: Autobiographical Testimonies; and VI. The Orient Within: Myths of Hispano-Arabic Identity. Contributors are Antonio Cazorla-Sánchez, Álex Bueno, Fernando Martínez López, Miguel Gómez Oliver, Mary Ann Dellinger, Geoffrey Jensen, Paula A. de la Cruz-Fernández, María del Mar Logroño Narbona, M. Cinta Ramblado Minero, Deirdre Finnerty, Victoria L. Enders, Pilar Domínguez Prats, Sofia Rodríguez López, Óscar Rodríguez Barreira, Nerea Aresti, and Miren Llona. Listed by Choice magazine as one of the Outstanding Academic Titles of 2014

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material -- Introduction / Aurora G. Morcillo -- From Anti-Fascism to Humanism / Antonio Cazorla-Sánchez -- Valle de los Caídos / Álex Bueno -- Political Responsibilities in Franco’s Spain / Fernando Martínez López and Miguel Gómez Oliver -- The Battle to Define Spanish Manhood / Nerea Aresti -- From Militia Woman to Emakume / Miren Llona -- The Republican Mother in Post-Transition Novels of Historical Memory / Deirdre Finnerty -- Embroidering the Nation / Paula A. de la Cruz-Fernández -- The Mythopoeia of Dolores Ibárruri, Pasionaria / Mary Ann Dellinger -- Franco’s Bread / Óscar Rodríguez Barreira -- Corpus Delicti / Sofía Rodríguez López -- Locks of Hair/Locks of Shame? / M. Cinta Ramblado Minero -- Chelo’s War / Victoria L. Enders -- Memories of War and Exile / Pilar Domínguez Prats -- Military Memories, History, and the Myth of Hispano-Arabic Identity in the Spanish Civil War / Geoffrey Jensen -- “Carmencita” Goes East / María del Mar Logroño Narbona -- Conclusion / Aurora G. Morcillo -- Index / Aurora G. Morcillo.