Imagining Franco

History, Memory, Narratives
Erscheinungsjahr 2025
ISBN: 978-1-85566-383-1
Verlag: Tamesis Books

Buch, Englisch, Band 411, 220 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 499 g

Reihe: Monografías A

Is Spain really still tied - culturally, politically, and emotionally - to the dictator Francisco Franco? What was (and is) his place in the public imaginary? What remains today of the man and his legacy?

This book examines the public image of Franco and the social construction(s) of his public biography over four different periods: the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939), the post-civil war period (1939-1949), the rest of the dictatorship (1950-1975), and the democratic period and recent times (1975-2020). Delving into biography, narratives, and public and political motivations, it analyses the role that the idea of Franco has played and continues to play in contemporary Spain. It argues that the multiplicity of narratives that have existed in Spain and abroad regarding the figure of Franco are closely related to both the rhetoric and images generated by those in power and a sort of popular 'banal Franco' which takes in multiple stereotypes. This latter concept is central to understanding not only Franco's importance in contemporary Spain but also the fervent allegiance to his figures by a substantial part of Spanish society. Providing a complex picture of how the public image of the dictator has been constructed over time, the book addresses how ordinary Spaniards have imagined Franco and what their sources for doing so were.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Rodrigo, Javier

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Bürgerkriege
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein Biographien & Autobiographien: Historisch, Politisch, Militärisch
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politikerbiographien
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Totalitarismus & Diktaturen
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Weltgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: Francoland

1. 13,930 days: power, biography, and history

2. Franco's War: the victorious Crusader

3. Franco's New Order: paternalism and caudillaje in the post-war period

4. Franco's New Spain: The Good Dictator

5. Franco today: an inconvenient body

Bibliography

Über Autor(innen)

Rodrigo, Javier
JAVIER RODRIGO is Full Professor of History at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain.