European University Institute Library

Narrating war in peace, the Spanish Civil War in the transition and today, Katherine O. Stafford

eng

Includes bibliographical references and index

index present

non fiction

Narrating war in peace

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Katherine O. Stafford

Palgrave studies in cultural heritage and conflict

the Spanish Civil War in the transition and today

"Narrating War in Peace offers a holistic analysis of how the representation of the Spanish Civil War has evolved in several prominent cultural artifacts during Spanish democracy. It interprets the wider philosophical changes reflected in the changing conceptions of Spain's past conflict"--, Provided by publisher"Through case studies of four prominent cultural products, this book takes a longitudinal approach to the influence and conceptualization of the Civil War in democratic Spain. Stafford uses Agustí Centelles' photographs; Jaime Camino's documentary films La vieja memoria (1977) and Los niños de Rusia (2001); Antonio Munoz Molina's fiction, especially La noche de los tiempos (2009); and Picasso's Guernica (1937) to explore the questions: What sort of stories were told about the war in cultural production during the transition to democracy? How have these narratives morphed in the twenty-first century in light of the polemics about historical memory? The cultural memory of the Spanish Civil War has shifted from representations of hero to victim, from ideology to affect, and finally, from trauma to identification through connection with the past"--, Provided by publisher

1. Photojournalism and Memory : Agustí Centelles in the Transition and Today -- 2. Jaime Camino's Evolving Dialectic : The Reconstruction of the Spanish Civil War through Filmed Testimony in the Transition and Today -- 3. Archeology of an Icon : The Discursive Networks of Picasso's Guernica in the Transition and Today -- 4. Searching for the Spanish Epic : Antonio Muñoz Molina's La noche de los tiempos and the Evolution of the Spanish Civil War Novel -- Conclusion: Is Spain a Post-Conflict Culture?