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In the Shadow of the General
The French writer Francois Mauriac once predicted that "when de Gaulle will be here no longer, he will still be here." This insight has proved prophetic. In contemporary France, Charles de Gaulle has become a figure of legend, consistently acclaimed as the nation's pre-eminent "historical" figure. Central to this popularity is the recognition of his pivotal role as the founder, and then the leader, of the Resistance movement during the Second World War. Once might be tempted to conclude that it is the man who became mythical, not the institutions he created. But here, the paradoxes abound. For one thing, his personal popularity sits oddly with his social origins and professional background. ...
The Politics of Revenge
The role of the Spanish Right in the course of the twentieth-century has been a neglected area of academic study. The Politics of Revenge redresses this providing a succinct and disturbing account.
Imagining the Mexican Revolution
“Mexico’s 1910 Revolution engendered a vast range of responses: from novels and autobiographies to political cartoons, feature films and placards. In the light of the centennial commemorations, contributors to this original collection evaluate the cultural legacy of this landmark event in a series of engaging essays. Imagining the Mexican Revolution is a rich resource for those interested in ways in which literary and visual culture mediate our understandings of this complex historical phenomenon.” – Professor Andrea Noble, Durham University “This collection of essays by leading and emerging Mexicanists is a distinct and welcome contribution that enhances public and academic under...
Histoire de l'Espagne
De la Reconquête à nos jours, l'Espagne offre le visage fascinant et énigmatique d'un pays au destin singulier où de brusques ruptures alternent avec des réveils d'une surprenante vitalité. Victime de sa légende noire depuis l'Inquisition et la colonisation des Amériques, l'histoire de l'Espagne oscille entre une fascination pour son Siècle d'or et un injuste mépris pour son siècle des Lumières et reste encombrée de nombreux clichés - sur la Seconde République, la guerre civile et le franquisme - qui cachent une réalité complexe : celle d'une nation vivante mais contrariée par les vicissitudes d'un Etat impuissant à fédérer ses potentialités. Par le rythme clair et soutenu d'un «récit national», Philippe Nourry restitue une nouvelle histoire d'une Espagne flagellée aujourd'hui par la crise économique, menacée dans son unité, mais ouverte sur l'avenir.
Revisiting the Mexican Student Movement of 1968
Tracing the evolution of Mexican literary and cultural production following the Tlatelolco massacre, this book shows its progression from a homogeneous construct set on establishing the “true” history of Tlatelolco against the version of the State, to a more nuanced and complex series of historical narratives. The initial representations of the events of 1968 were essentially limited to that of the State and that of the Consejo Nacional de Huelga (National Strike Council) and only later incorporated novels and films. Juan J. Rojo examines the manner in which films, posters, testimonios, and the Memorial del 68 expanded the boundaries of those initial articulations to a more democratic representation of key participants in the student movement of 1968.
Le roman de Madrid
Longtemps distanciée par le prestige " moderniste " de Barcelone, la capitale de l'Espagne s'affirme aujourd'hui. Non seulement comme la plus grande métropole du pays, mais comme le lieu central où a toujours battu le plus intensivement le cœur de son histoire. Des Habsbourg aux Bourbons, des années sombres de la guerre civile et du franquisme à la dynamique démocratie couronnée qui redonne à l'Espagne toute sa place en Europe, Philippe Nourry, en auteur amoureux, retrace le destin prodigieux de cette bourgade castillane qui, depuis le règne de Philippe II, n'a cessé d'être le creuset de l'histoire d'Espagne, "le brise-lames de toutes les Espagnes", disait le poète Antonio Macha...
Franco
General Francisco Franco, also called the Caudillo, was the dictator of Spain from 1939 until his death in 1975. His life has been examined in many previous biographies. However, most of these have been traditional, linear biographies that focus on Franco’s military and political careers, neglecting the significance of who exactly Franco was for the millions of Spaniards over whom he ruled for almost forty years. In this new biography Antonio Cazorla-Sanchez looks at Franco from a fresh perspective, emphasizing the cultural and social over the political. Cazorla-Sanchez's Franco uses previously unknown archival sources to analyse how the dictator was portrayed by the propaganda machine, ho...
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