Memory and Cultural History of the Spanish Civil War: Realms of Oblivion

by Aurora G. Morcillo (editor)

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 I. Institutional Realms of Memory; II. Past Gender Archetypes in Retrospect; III. The Many Languages of Domesticity; IV. Realms of Hunger, Repression, and Violence; V. Strangers to Autobiographical Testimonies; and VI. The Orient 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.

592 pages, Kindle Edition

First published October 1, 2013