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Exhuming Franco
Spain's Second Transition
Sales Date: 2021-04-15
What is left of Francisco Franco's legacy in Spain today? Franco ruled Spain as a military dictator from 1939 until his death in 1975. In October 2019, his remains were removed from the massive national monument in which they had been buried for forty-four years. For some, the exhumation confirmed that Spain has long been a modern, consolidated democracy. The reality is more complicated. In fact, the country is still deeply affected—and divided—by the dictatorial legacies of Francoism.
In one short volume, Exhuming Franco covers all major facets of the Francoist legacy today, combining research and analysis with reportage and interviews. This book is critical of Spanish democracy; yet, as the final chapter makes clear, Spain is one of many countries facing difficult questions about a conflictive past. To make things worse, the rise of a new, right-wing nationalist revisionism across the West threatens to undo much of the progress made in the past couple of decades when it comes to issues of historical justice.
In one short volume, Exhuming Franco covers all major facets of the Francoist legacy today, combining research and analysis with reportage and interviews. This book is critical of Spanish democracy; yet, as the final chapter makes clear, Spain is one of many countries facing difficult questions about a conflictive past. To make things worse, the rise of a new, right-wing nationalist revisionism across the West threatens to undo much of the progress made in the past couple of decades when it comes to issues of historical justice.
Introduction: Securely Tied Down
1. How Dead Is He?
2. Surreptitious Survival
3. Ignacio Echevarría
4. Guillem Martínez
5. The Judiciary
6. Sebastián Martín
7. Ricardo Robledo
8. José Antonio Zarzalejos
9. Politics and the Territorial Challenge
10. Enric Juliana
11. Antonio Maestre
12. The Media
13. Cristina Fallarás
14. Marije Hristova
15. Ricard Vinyes
16. Emilio Silva
Conclusion: Not So Different After All
Acknowledgments
Interviews and Correspondence
Bibliography
Index
1. How Dead Is He?
2. Surreptitious Survival
3. Ignacio Echevarría
4. Guillem Martínez
5. The Judiciary
6. Sebastián Martín
7. Ricardo Robledo
8. José Antonio Zarzalejos
9. Politics and the Territorial Challenge
10. Enric Juliana
11. Antonio Maestre
12. The Media
13. Cristina Fallarás
14. Marije Hristova
15. Ricard Vinyes
16. Emilio Silva
Conclusion: Not So Different After All
Acknowledgments
Interviews and Correspondence
Bibliography
Index
Sebastiaan Faber, professor of Hispanic studies at Oberlin College, is the author of several books, including Memory Battles of the Spanish Civil War and Exile and Cultural Hegemony: Spanish Intellectuals in Mexico, 1939–1975 (both published by Vanderbilt University Press).
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