Reconstructing Spain

Author : Dacia Viejo-Rose
Publisher : Apollo Books
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : History
ISBN : 1845194357

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Reconstructing Spain by Dacia Viejo-Rose Pdf

This book explores the role of cultural heritage in post-conflict reconstruction, whether as a motor for the prolongation of violence or as a resource for building reconciliation. The research was driven by two main goals: to understand the post-conflict reconstruction process and to identify how this process evolves in the medium term and the impact it has on society. The Spanish Civil War (1936-39) and its subsequent phases of reconstruction provides the primary material for this exploration. In pursuit of the first goal, the book centers on the material practices and rhetorical strategies developed around cultural heritage in post-civil war Spain and the victorious Franco regime's reconstruction. The analysis captures a discursively complex set of practices that made up the reconstruction and in which a variety of Spanish heritage sites were claimed, rebuilt or restored, and represented - as signs of historical narratives, political legitimacy, and group identity. The reconstruction of the town of Gernika is a particularly emblematic instance of destruction and a significant symbol within the Basque regions of Spain, as well as internationally. By examining Gernika, it is possible to identify some of the trends common to the reconstruction as a whole, along with those aspects that pertain to its singular symbolic resonance. In order to achieve the second goal, the book examines the processes of selection, value change, and exclusionary dynamics of reconstruction. Exploring the possible impact of post-civil war reconstruction in the medium term is conducted in two time frames: the period of political transition that followed General Franco's death in 1975, and the 2004-2008 period when Rodriguez Zapatero's government undertook initiatives to 'recover the historic memory' of the war and dictatorship. Finally, the observations made of the Spanish reconstruction are analyzed in terms of how they might reveal general trends in post-conflict reconstruction processes in relation to cultural heritage. These insights are pertinent to the situations in Cambodia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Afghanistan, and Iraq.

Author : Olivia Muñoz-Rojas
Publisher : Apollo Books
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 1845194365

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Ashes and Granite by Olivia Muñoz-Rojas Pdf

Examines the wartime destruction and post-war rebuilding of three prominent sites in Madrid, Bilbao and Barcelona in the Spanish Civil War and its aftermath. This title reveals aspects of the Spanish Civil War and the evolution of the Franco regime from an original and fruitful angle.

Author : Andrew Dowling
Publisher : Apollo Books
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Catalonia
ISBN : 1845195302

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Catalonia Since the Spanish Civil War by Andrew Dowling Pdf

Catalonia Since the Spanish Civil War examines the transformation of the Catalan nation in socio-economic, political, and historical terms, offering an innovative interpretation of the determinants of its nationalist mobilization. With Franco's and Spanish nationalism's victory in 1939, and the consolidation of a long-lasting dictatorship, it appeared certain that the Catalan national movement would be crushed. Yet, this did not happen, and Catalan nationalism and identity re-emerged at the end of Franco's dictatorship in 1975 more firmly rooted than before. The core of the book traces the Francoist repression and the nationalist response to it, demonstrating how new political actors reconfigured Catalan nationalism over the course of the Franco regime (1939-1975). Post-Franco, Catalan cultural and political identity was consolidated and Catalonia became the most successful state-less nationalism in Western Europe. The 21st century has been marked by an ever-growing independence movement, culminating in the vast demonstration in the city of Barcelona in July 2010. The book provides multi-faceted viewpoints in historic perspective, and reflects on possible steps and outcomes for this new pro-independence turn in Catalan nationalism. Catalonia Since the Spanish Civil War will appeal not only to students of Spain, but also to those interested in nationalism as a separate issue of enquiry. The themes treated in the book - Franco's Spain, nationalism, anarchism, Catholicism, communism, and the Catalan role in Spain's transition to democracy - make this work an essential point of reference for students and researchers in Hispanic studies, modern European history, and political science. (Series: Sussex Studies in Spanish History)

Author : Diego Abad de Santillán
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1937
Category : Spain
ISBN : UOM:39015028163544

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After the Revolution by Diego Abad de Santillán Pdf

Author : F. Guirao
Publisher : Springer
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1998-09-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9780230373914

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Spain and the Reconstruction of Western Europe, 1945-57 by F. Guirao Pdf

Based on a wide range of archival sources, this book analyses the response of the most peripheral country in Western Europe, Franco's Spain, to the challenges of increasing economic interdependence from the end of World War II to the establishment of the EEC, 1945-57. In so doing, the author sheds new light on the fundamental question of the survival of the Franco regime and stimulates further discussion on the external factors responsible for Spain's pattern of economic growth after 1945.

Author : Ute Planert,James Retallack
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 395 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2017-06-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107165748

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Decades of Reconstruction by Ute Planert,James Retallack Pdf

International scholars review decades of postwar reconstruction in international comparison from the eighteenth to the twentieth century, demonstrating how foreign domestic policy cannot be separated.

Author : Barry Jordan,Rikki Morgan-Tamosunas
Publisher : Manchester University Press
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1998-07-15
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 0719044138

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Contemporary Spanish Cinema by Barry Jordan,Rikki Morgan-Tamosunas Pdf

Contemporary Spanish Cinema offers an essential analysis of the main trends and issues in Spanish film since the death of Franco in 1975. While taking account of cinema during the Franco dictatorship, the book focuses principally on developments in the last two decades. Acknowledging the sheer breadth and diversity of Spanish film production since the ending of the regime and the transition to democracy, this study includes chapters on Spanish film’s obsessive concern with the past on popular genre film (including the comedy and the thriller), on representations of gender and sexuality and the work of women film professionals, both behind and in front of the camera, as well as on film produced in Spain’s autonomous communities, particularly in Catalonia and the Basque Country. This book offers a unique and up-to-date focus on a wide range of materials, including work on such established directors as Carlos Saura, Víctor Erice, Pedro Almodóvar, Pilar Miró, Bigas Lina and Josefina Molina as well as exciting new talents such as Julio Medem, Juanma Bajo Ulloa, Alex de la Iglesia, Icíar Bollan, Isabel Coixet and Marta Balletbò-Coll.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1947
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1123616253

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The Reconstruction of Spain... by Anonim Pdf

Author : Eduardo Jiménez-Hidalgo,Ferran Estebaranz-Sanchez,Larisa R.G. DeSantis,Maciej Tomasz Krajcarz,Carlo Meloro
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 213 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2023-09-13
Category : Science
ISBN : 9782832533864

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Reconstructing Paleodiets: Challenges and Advances by Eduardo Jiménez-Hidalgo,Ferran Estebaranz-Sanchez,Larisa R.G. DeSantis,Maciej Tomasz Krajcarz,Carlo Meloro Pdf

Reconstructions of diet provide valuable insights into the ecology and evolutionary history of animals and humans in the fossil record, and the history of relationships between animals and humans. Reconstruction of past diets allows tracking numerous ecological and behavioural aspects through time and across diverse geographic areas, such as, but not limited to: trophic position, niche sharing and niche partitioning, past vegetation, migration patterns, ontogenetic and individual diet choices, and adaptations to changing environment. It also is a useful tool to track climatic change. More broadly, these insights are key to reconstructing and understanding the structure, composition, and function of past ecosystems. Multiple approaches have been proposed to infer paleodiets, including the integration of multiple proxy approaches.

Author : L. Vidler
Publisher : Springer
Page : 187 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2016-11-09
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781137437075

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Performance Reconstruction and Spanish Golden Age Drama by L. Vidler Pdf

Spanish Golden Age drama has resurfaced in recent years, however scholarly analysis has not kept pace with its popularity. This book problematizes and analyzes the approaches to staging reconstruction taken over the past few decades, including historical, semiotic, anthropological, cultural, structural, cognitive and phenomenological methods.

Author : Ryan Dominic Crewe
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2019-06-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9781108492546

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The Mexican Mission by Ryan Dominic Crewe Pdf

Offers a social history of the Mexican mission enterprise, emphasizing the centrality of indigenous politics, economics, and demographic catastrophe.

Author : Manuel Domínguez-Rodrigo,Lucía Cobo-Sánchez,Enrique Baquedano,Audax Mabulla,Agness Gidna,Fernando Diez-Martin
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2024-05-30
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780443273834

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Reconstructing Olduvai by Manuel Domínguez-Rodrigo,Lucía Cobo-Sánchez,Enrique Baquedano,Audax Mabulla,Agness Gidna,Fernando Diez-Martin Pdf

Reconstructing Olduvai: The Behavior of Early Humans at David's Site provides the necessary information for future generations of archaeologists to peer into the lifestyle of early humans. Much of what is known about these hominins originates from the detailed excavations that Mary Leakey carried out at Olduvai Gorge in Tanzania. Since then, work at Olduvai has produced a wealth of new fossils, resulting in the discovery of David's Site, the biggest early Pleistocene site in the world. Its exceptional preservation and size make it an invaluable paleoarcheological finding, and this book details the insights discovered therein about the dietary, technological, and social behaviors of hominins. Written by leaders of present-day excavations at Olduvai Gorge, this book is systematically divided into three parts to deliver a clear account of the research advancements at David's Site. Part I focuses on the presentation of the site and the description of its geological and paleoecological reconstruction. Part II examines hominin feeding habits, including how they brought, processed, and consumed animals at the site. Part III explores hominin technologies, including reconstruction of the stone-tool activities carried out at the site. Reconstructing Olduvai offers a much-needed update to the decades-old monographs focused on Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania, by providing novel information on the fossils, sites, technologies, and behaviors of early humans. It is an indispensable resource for students, academics, and researchers who share an interest in the evolution of early human behavior. • Describes the discovery and excavation of David’s Site (DS) at Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania • Details the geological and paleoecological reconstruction of all Olduvai Gorge Bed I sites • Summarizes the impact of taphonomic analyses at Bed I sites on our understanding of early human behaviors • Explores the dietary habits and technologies of early Pleistocene hominins

Author : John Bold,Peter Larkham,Robert Pickard
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2017-12-14
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781474284042

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Authentic Reconstruction by John Bold,Peter Larkham,Robert Pickard Pdf

Notions of authenticity lie at the heart of many questions about heritage and identity in the built environment. These questions are most pertinent when buildings have been destroyed in disaster or war, and the built fabric is being reconstructed to reinstate traditional or historic appearances in place of what was lost. Authentic Reconstruction examines this idea of reconstruction, using it as a prompt to examine a range of deeper issues on heritage and the built environment. From post-WWII reconstruction programmes through to the rebuilding of historic cultural landscapes lost in natural disasters, this collection of essays by heritage specialists provides a wide range of case-studies and discussions. Each presents responses to crises and lessons learned, in order to extrapolate general guidelines for future actions by politicians, architects and planners in reconstructing buildings. The book also looks beyond disaster and war, noting how authenticity bears on political intentions and image building, exploring how reconstruction is used to tell a political or historical story, so conditioning the ways in which the built environment is perceived and appreciated by its users. This is not just about the buildings as bricks and mortar, but about perceptions of identity and the social and historical values which buildings and spaces embody for a richly diverse population. This book will be valuable to all who are concerned with heritage as practitioners or consumers, particularly those concerned with reconstruction and the creation of authentic places and experiences: architects, architectural historians, town planners, preservationists, conservationists, and those involved in heritage management and material culture.

Author : Constance Wyndham
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2023-12-22
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781003831761

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A New Politics of Heritage Reconstruction in Afghanistan by Constance Wyndham Pdf

A New Politics of Heritage Reconstruction in Afghanistan investigates the politics of cultural heritage preservation in Afghanistan between 2008 and 2015. Based on several periods of ethnographic fieldwork and the author’s direct employment on several internationally-sponsored heritage projects, this book studies the new and complex intersections between cultural heritage and politics in Afghanistan. Wyndham argues that a particular configuration of heritage and politics has emerged after the destruction of the Buddhas at Bamyan and demonstrates how the characteristics of this ‘post-Bamyan’ heritage paradigm are revealed through a number of case studies of internationally sponsored heritage work. These case studies reveal how politics and heritage are currently configured across a diverse range of governments, state and non-state actors, NGOs, individuals and forms of expertise—and why such intersections matter. The book responds to a call from across the discipline of Heritage Studies to look more closely at the relationships between heritage, power and politics. A New Politics of Heritage Reconstruction in Afghanistan provides a fascinating case study on the intersection of heritage and politics that will be of interest to students and scholars of heritage, as well as to professionals working on heritage preservation - both within and outside of government.

Author : Marsha Kinder
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 567 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1993-12-06
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780520081574

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Blood Cinema by Marsha Kinder Pdf

"This is the most complete, in-depth, sophisticated study of Spanish cinema available in any language."—Marvin D'Lugo, author of The Films of Carlos Saura