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Description

1. xii, 401 pages; 22 cm

Summary

1. The transition to democracy that followed the death of Spanish dictator Francisco Franco in 1975 was once hailed as a model of political transformation. But since the 2008 financial crisis it has come under intense scrutiny. Today, a growing divide exists between advocates of the Transition and those who see it as the source of Spain's current socio-political bankruptcy. This book revisits the crucial period from 1962 to 1992, exposing the networks of art, media and power that drove the Transition and continue to underpin Spanish politics in the present. Drawing on rare archival materials and over three hundred interviews with politicians, artists, journalists and ordinary Spaniards, including former prime minister Felipe Gonzalez (1982-96), Following Franco unlocks the complex and often contradictory narratives surrounding the foundation of contemporary Spain. --

Subject

1. Since 1939
2. Politics and government
3. Spain > Politics and government > 1939-1975
4. Spain > Politics and government > 1975-1982
5. Spain > Politics and government > 1982-
6. Spain

Genre/Form

1. History.

Contents

1. Introduction -- Part I: Celebrity -- 1. Fandom and mass-culture in late-Francoist Spain: Manuel Benítez El cordobés and Raphael -- 2. Aristocracy and generational change: the houses of Alba, Franco and Borbón -- 3. ¡Hola! in an age of champagne socialism: Isabel Preysler, Miguel Boyer, Julio Iglesias, Francisco Rivera Paquirri and Isabel Pantoja -- Part II: Censorship -- 4. The regulation of cultural production during and after Manuel Fraga (1962-75) -- 5. Key performance indicators: democratisation and freedom of speech (1975-81) -- 6. Patronage and permissiveness (1981-92) -- Part III: Cities -- 7. Urbanisation and development: class, gender and race -- 8. The Movida and the reinvention of Madrid -- 9. An Olympic renaissance: the Barcelona model -- Part IV: Culture -- 10. Culture as a democratic weapon: Pablo Picasso's Guernica -- 11. The historical nationalities: the cultures of the Basque Country, Catalonia and Galicia -- 12. What qualifies as Spanish culture? The state, autonomous communities and the culture wars -- Index.

Call number

1. JFD 21-2762

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 375-381) and index.

Author

1. Wheeler, Duncan, 1981- author.

Title

1. Following Franco : Spanish culture and politics in transition, 1962-92 / Duncan Wheeler.

Publisher

1. Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2020.

Type of content

1. text

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 375-381) and index.

Chronological term

1. Since 1939

Other form:

1. ebook version : 9781526105202

ISBN

1. 9781526105189 hardback
2. 1526105187 hardback

Research call number

1. JFD 21-2762