Bunk Brian D. Bunk

Ghosts of Passion (eBook, PDF)

Martyrdom, Gender, and the Origins of the Spanish Civil War

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Produktbeschreibung

The question of what caused the Spanish Civil War (1936-39) is the central focus of modern Spanish historiography. In Ghosts of Passion, Brian D. Bunk argues that propaganda related to the revolution of October 1934 triggered the broader conflict by accentuating existing social tensions surrounding religion and gender. Through careful analysis of the images produced in books, newspapers, posters, rallies, and meetings, Bunk contends that Spain's civil war was not inevitable. Commemorative imagery produced after October 1934 bridged the gap between rhetoric and action by dehumanizing opponents and encouraging violent action against them.In commemorating the uprising, revolutionaries and conservatives used the same methods to promote radically different political agendas: they deployed religious imagery to characterize the political situation as a battle between good and evil, with the fate of the nation hanging in the balance, and exploited traditional gender stereotypes to portray themselves as the defenders of social order against chaos. The resulting atmosphere of polarization combined with increasing political violence to plunge the country into civil war.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Duke University Press
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. März 2007
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780822389569
• Artikelnr.: 54815184

Autorenporträt

Brian D. Bunk

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents
Acknowledgments ix
Introduction 1
1. The Revolution of October 1934 13
2. Sacred Blood: The Martyrs of Turón and Conservative Politics 34
3. “Your Comrades Will Not Forget!” Revolutionary Martyrs and Political
Unity 61
4. Grandsons of the Cid: Masculinity, Sexual Violence, and the Destruction
of the Family 88
5. Hyenas, Harpies, and Proletarian Mothers: Commemorating Female
Participation 120
6. The October Revolution in Democratic Spain 150
Notes 175
Glossary of Organizations 211
Bibliography 215
Index 239