Books against Tyranny

Catalan Publishers under Franco
Erscheinungsjahr 2022
ISBN: 978-0-8265-0441-8
Verlag: Vanderbilt University Press

Buch, Englisch, 250 Seiten, Hardback, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 505 g

Catalan-language publishers were under constant threat during the dictatorship of Francisco Franco (1939-1975). Both the Catalan language and the introduction of foreign ideas were banned by the regime, preoccupied as it was with creating a "one, great and free Spain." Books against Tyranny examines the period through its censorship laws and censors' accounts by means of intertextuality, an approach that aims to shed light on the evolution of Francoism's ideological thought.

The documents examined here includes firsthand witness accounts, correspondence, memoirs, censorship files, newspapers, original interviews, and unpublished material housed in various Spanish archives. As such, the book opens up the field and serves as an informative tool for scholars of Franco's Spain, Catalan social movements, or censorship more generally.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Vilardell, Laura

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Menschenrechte, Bürgerrechte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Europäische Länder
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Acknowledgments
- Prologue
- 1. "If You Are Spanish, Speak Spanish": The Evolution of Ideology in the Francoist Censorship Apparatus
- 2. Publishing Illicit Books during the Onset of the Dictatorship (1939-1959)
- 3. Publishers' Willingness to Publish Books in an Oppressed Language (1960-1975)
- 4. Writers Speak Up about Censorship
- Bibliography
- Notes
- Index

Über Autor(innen)

Laura Vilardell is an assistant professor in the Department of World Languages and Cultures at Northern Illinois University.