Miguel Ángel del Arco Blanco

Crosses of Memory and Oblivion

The Monuments to the Fallen in the Spanish Civil War (1936-2022)

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Produktbeschreibung

This book explores the history and legacy of monuments to the fallen from the Francoist side in the Spanish Civil War. Del Arco Blanco studies thousands of monuments in towns and cities across Spain to provide a detailed account of the history and memory of the Civil War, Francoism and the transition to democracy.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 328
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Januar 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 485g
• ISBN-13: 9781032212883
• ISBN-10: 1032212888
• Artikelnr.: 72542963

Autorenporträt

Miguel Ángel del Arco Blanco is Professor in the Department of Contemporary History at the University of Granada. His work centres on the study of Fascism, the Spanish Civil War and post-war Francoism. His works translated into English include Right Wing Spain in the Civil War Era: Soldiers of God and Apostles of the Fatherland, 1914-45 (2012), Mass Killings and Violence in Spain, 1936-52, Grappling with the Past (2014), and Franco's Famine. Malnutrition, Disease and Starvation in Post-Civil War Spain (2021).

Inhaltsangabe

Part One: The 'Crusade' and the Monuments To The Fallen 'For God And For
Spain' 1. The Final Hour: The Civil War and the Birth of the Myth of the
Fallen 2. Stone on Stone: The Construction of Memorials to the Fallen Part
Two: Meanings and Aesthetics of Monuments 3. Monuments to the True Spain:
Meanings and Style 4. The Profile of the Spanish Nation: Typology of
Monuments 5. Stone and omnipresence: materials and spaces 6. The National
Monument to the Fallen for Spain: the Valley of the Fallen Part Three:
History of The Memorials to the Fallen Between the Franco Regime and Today
(1939-2021) 7. The fallen and monuments under Franco (1939-1959) 8. The
first cracks: decadence and conflict over monuments between Franco's regime
and democracy (1960-2000) 9. Memorials to the Fallen and the Battles for
Memory (2000-2021) Conclusion: Crossroads and echoes of memory and oblivion

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Part One: The 'Crusade' and the Monuments To The Fallen 'For God And For Spain' 1. The Final Hour: The Civil War and the Birth of the Myth of the Fallen 2. Stone on Stone: The Construction of Memorials to the Fallen Part Two: Meanings and Aesthetics of Monuments 3. Monuments to the True Spain: Meanings and Style 4. The Profile of the Spanish Nation: Typology of Monuments 5. Stone and omnipresence: materials and spaces 6. The National Monument to the Fallen for Spain: the Valley of the Fallen Part Three: History of The Memorials to the Fallen Between the Franco Regime and Today (1939-2021) 7. The fallen and monuments under Franco (1939-1959) 8. The first cracks: decadence and conflict over monuments between Franco's regime and democracy (1960-2000) 9. Memorials to the Fallen and the Battles for Memory (2000-2021) Conclusion: Crossroads and echoes of memory and oblivion