From amnesia to fable: historical memory, pulp fiction and political consensus.
Popular culture and the film industry have changed our perception of the past. But perhaps more relevant is the way they show history to be an area of conflict where meaning is continually negotiated. Among the fictional narratives that deal with the Spanish Civil War, non-realist novels, films, com...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Spanish Cultural Studies Vol. 17; no. 1; pp. 27 - 44 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Mar2016
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