{"product_id":"memory-battles-of-the-spanish-sebastiaan-faber-9780826521781","title":"Memory Battles of the Spanish Civil War: History, Fiction, Photography","description":"The ability to forget the violent twentieth-century past was long seen as a virtue in Spain, even a duty. But the common wisdom has shifted as increasing numbers of Spaniards want to know what happened, who suffered, and who is to blame. \u003ci\u003eMemory Battles of the Spanish Civil War\u003c\/i\u003e shows how historiography, fiction, and photography have shaped our views of the 1936-39 war and its long, painful aftermath. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Faber traces the curious trajectories of iconic Spanish Civil War photographs by Robert Capa, Gerda Taro, and David Seymour; critically reads a dozen recent Spanish novels and essays; interrogates basic scholarly assumptions about history, memory, and literature; and interviews nine scholars, activists, and documentarians who in the past decade and a half have helped redefine Spain's relationship to its past. In this book Faber argues that recent political developments in Spain--from the grassroots call for the recovery of historical memory to the \u003ci\u003eindignados\u003c\/i\u003e movement and the foundation of Podemos--provide an opportunity for scholars in the humanities to engage in a more activist, public, and democratic practice.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sebastiaan Faber\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0826521789\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780826521781\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vanderbilt University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/31\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.20h x 7.20w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2019","brand":"Sebastiaan Faber","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48013819576575,"sku":"9780826521781","price":99.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d2446da6-cb5b-4bce-966c-192abcd164d7.jpg?v=1767744970","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/memory-battles-of-the-spanish-sebastiaan-faber-9780826521781","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}