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Spanish Mormon Westerns: Popular Literature, Religion, and US–Spain Relations during the Franco Regime.

This article explores the degree to which popular literary novels in Spain reflect the evolving relationship between Spain and the United States after World War II. The specific texts analyzed here are a selection of Spanish Mormon Westerns (SMW), which come in two types. The first are pseudotransla...

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Published in:Hispanic Review Vol. 94; no. 2; pp. 249 - 272
Main Author: Davis, Ryan A.
Format: Article
Published: University of Pennsylvania Press Spring2026
Subjects:
Popular literature
Cultural identity
Francoism
Stereotypes
Spain
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        BOLSILIBROS
        CULTURAL IDENTITY
        EL COYOTE
        FRANCOISM
        HISPANIDAD
        LITERARY STEREOTYPES
        MORMONISM
        POPULAR LITERATURE
        RELIGION
        RYAN A. DAVIS
        SPAIN
        TWENTIETH-CENTURY
        U.S.-SPAIN RELATIONS
        WESTERN
        ZANE GREY
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