Valley of the Fallen: The (N)ever Changing Face of General Franco’s Monument - Couverture souple

Stockey, Gareth

 
9781602710269: Valley of the Fallen: The (N)ever Changing Face of General Franco’s Monument
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1602710260 ISBN 13 : 9781602710269
Editeur : Critical, Cultural and Communications Press, 2013

Synopsis

Perhaps the most notorious symbolic and material expression of the bitter "memory wars" that have gripped Spain in recent years is a monument which remains one of the country's most popular tourist sites, El Valle de los Caídos (The Valley of the Fallen). It was erected by the Franco regime in the aftermath of the civil war "to defy time and oblivion" and commemorate Franco's victory. It also became the resting place of the dictator himself after 1975, and a site of nostalgic homage for those groups and individuals who remained supportive of the regime after the transition to democracy in Spain. This book examines the ongoing controversies over The Valley of the Fallen and its place within the wider memory wars. It demonstrates that the monument was intended as a site of triumphalist Francoist memory, and a means of further dividing the nation between victors and vanquished in the aftermath of civil war. The book treats The Valley of the Fallen as an historical source in its own right, contextualising the cultural universe in which the monument was constructed, and within which visitors were expected to read its message since it was opened to the public in 1959. Finally, the book examines some of the ways in which the meaning and purpose of The Valley of the Fallen have been (deliberately) obscured in order to respond to criticism from both inside and outside Spain.

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Éditeur
Critical, Cultural and Communications Press
Date d'édition
2013
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1602710260
ISBN 13 
9781602710269
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
109
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