Wheeler Following Franco

Spanish culture and politics in transition
1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-1-5261-0521-9
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: PC/MAC/eReader/Tablet

E-Book, Englisch, 416 Seiten

This book interrogates the interrelationship between culture and politics during the Spanish transition to democracy. Drawing on both high and popular culture, it critically interrogates the stakes of the Transition and reveals how its consequences continue to inform political debate.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Wheeler, Duncan

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Demokratie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Weltgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction

Part I: Celebrity
Introduction
1 Fandom and mass-culture in late-Francoist Spain: Manuel Benítez 'El Cordobés' and Raphael
2 Aristocracy and generational change: The houses of Alba, Franco and Bourbon
3 ¡Hola! in the age of champagne socialism: Isabel Preysler, Miguel Boyer, Julio Iglesias, Francisco Rivera 'Paquirri' and Isabel Pantoja

Part II: Censorship
Introduction
4 The regulation of cultural production during and after Manuel Fraga (1962–75)
5 Key performance indicators: Democratisation and freedom of speech (1975–81)
6 The regime of '81: Patronage and permissiveness

Part III: Cities
Introduction
7 Urbanisation and development: Class, gender and race
8 The Movida and the reinvention of Madrid
9 An Olympic renaissance: The Barcelona model

Part IV: Communities
Introduction
10 Culture as a democratic weapon: Pablo Picasso’s Guernica
11 The historical nationalities: Culture and community in the Basque Country, Catalonia and Galicia
12 What qualifies as Spanish culture? The State, autonomous communities and the culture wars

Conclusion

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Duncan Wheeler is Professor and Chair of Spanish Studies at the University of Leeds