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Ghosts of Passion - Martyrdom, Gender, and the Origins of the Spanish Civil War (Paperback)
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Ghosts of Passion - Martyrdom, Gender, and the Origins of the Spanish Civil War (Paperback)
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Discovery Miles 5 900
You Save R86 (13%)
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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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