Negotiating censorship in the postwar spanish novel divorce and civil marriage in Elena Quiroga’s algo pasa en la calle (1954)

n recent years, the postwar Spanish novel has receivedrelatively little critical attention, with much scholarship focusing instead onmore contemporary works that deal with the Civil War and its legacy. Myargument in this article is premised on the notion that works produced in1950s and 1960s Spain merit renewed scholarly attention and a fresh criticalapproach. I focus my discussion on the works of novelist Elena Quiroga,whose works have been the focus of little scholarly attention and aregenerally not well-known by the reading public. My discussion considers thereasons for this neglect of Quiroga and her works, examining her narrativestyle and her treatment of highly contentious issues in her works, despitethe strict censorship regime in place in postwar Spain. My analysis centreson Algo pasa en la calle, Quiroga’s most experimental novel of the 1950s interms of technique, and also the most daring in terms of social criticism. Iexamine the author’s representation of the contentious issue of divorce andcivil marriage, and her subversion of the gendered identities prescribed inFranco’s Spain

'It's a film' : medium specificity as textual gesture in Red road and The unloved

British cinema has long been intertwined with television. The buzzwords of the transition to digital media, 'convergence' and 'multi-platform delivery', have particular histories in the British context which can be grasped only through an understanding of the cultural, historical and institutional peculiarities of the British film and television industries. Central to this understanding must be two comparisons: first, the relative stability of television in the duopoly period (at its core, the licence-funded BBC) in contrast to the repeated boom and bust of the many different financial/industrial combinations which have comprised the film industry; and second, the cultural and historical connotations of 'film' and 'television'. All readers of this journal will be familiar – possibly over-familiar – with the notion that 'British cinema is alive and well and living on television'. At the end of the first decade of the twenty-first century, when 'the end of medium specificity' is much trumpeted, it might be useful to return to the historical imbrication of British film and television, to explore both the possibility that medium specificity may be more nationally specific than much contemporary theorisation suggests, and to consider some of the relationships between film and television manifest at a textual level in two recent films, Red Road (2006) and The Unloved (2009)

Emerging trends in reassessing translation, conflict, and memory

New Approaches on Translation, Conflict, and Memory: Narratives of the Spanish Civil War and the Dictatorship is a collection of essays that endeavours to establish a new dialogue between translation, conflict, and memory studies. Focusing on cultural representations of the Spanish Civil War and the Franco Dictatorship, it explores the significance and the effect of translation within Spain and beyond. Drawing on fictional and non-fictional texts, reports from war zones, and audiovisual productions, the contributors to this volume examine the scope of translation in transmitting the conflict and the dictatorship from a contemporary perspective. Narratives produced during and after the Civil War and the dictatorship both in Spain and abroad have led to new debates arising from the reassessment of a conflict that continues to resonate

Memory, Postmemory, Trauma: The Spanish Civil War in recent novels by women

Discusses the cultural politics of two novels (La voz dormida and Un largo silencio) in light of contemporary debates about trauma, memory and the recuperation of the past, and will consider their contribution to the collective memory of the Spanish Civil War and its aftermath

Gendered repression and sexual violence in Francoist Spain: The testimonies of Mercedes Núñez Targa

La práctica sistemática de violencia de género contra las mujeres republicanas durante y después de la guerra civil española sigue siendo un tema marginal en los estudios sobre el periodo. Aunque el historiador Paul Preston describe la violencia contra las mujeres, que incluye la tortura sexual y la violación, como parte central de la represión nacionalista, este aspecto de la historia franquista ha sido relegado a una posición periférica en la historiografía. Esta marginalización se debe en parte al estigma asociado con experiencias de violación y abuso sexual, pero también al silenciamiento más generalizado de las experiencias de la mujer a manos de la historiografía contemporánea. El presente artículo propone abordar este tema partiendo de los testimonios de mujeres republicanas y de recientes trabajos históricos. En particular, el estudio parte de una revisión de los testimonios de la activista política catalano-gallega Mercedes Núñez Targa, Cárcel de Ventas (1967) y Destinada al crematorio (1980). El análisis se centra en sus descripciones en Cárcel de Ventas de las condiciones horrendas que sufrieron las presas políticas republicanas en Ventas y en sus referencias a la violencia sexual que sufrieronThe systematic perpetration of gendered violence against Republican women during and after the Spanish Civil War continues to be under-estimated and largely overlooked in historical and other accounts of the period. Despite the fact that Paul Preston has described the persecution of women, including sexual torture and rape, as a central part of the Nationalist repression, this aspect of the Francoist reign of terror continues to be peripheral to work on the period. This reflects in part the stigma of first-person reports of rape and sexual violence and a desire on the part of survivors to keep such traumatic experiences private. It is also, attributable, however, to a more generalised silencing of the experiences of women within a masculinist hegemonic historical record. This article seeks to highlight this gap in discussions of Francoist repression, drawing on both the testimonial evidence of survivors and on recent historical work. In particular, this article will draw on the testimonial writings of Catalan-Galician political activist Mercedes Núñez Targa, Cárcel de Ventas (1967) and Destinada al crematorio (1980). It will focus particularly on her account in the former text of the horrific conditions that Republican prisoners endured in Ventas prison and the widespread practice of gendered violence inflicted on female prisonersGrupo de Investigación Literatura, Transtextualidad y Nuevas Tecnologías HUM-55

Memory, War, and Dictatorship in Recent Spanish Fiction by Women

This book discusses a number of recent novels by Spanish women writers that present women's experiences in Spain during the years of the Spanish Civil War and Franco dictatorship. It considers these works in the context of the "memory boom" in contemporary Spain and draws on work from the fields of memory and trauma studies.Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter One: Narrating the Legacy of War and Dictatorship in Contemporary Spain -- Chapter Two: Dulce Chacón (1954-2003) -- Chapter Three: Rosa Regàs (1933-) -- Chapter Four: Josefina Aldecoa (1926-2011) -- Chapter Five: Carme Riera (1948-) -- Chapter Six: Almudena Grandes (1960-) -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the AuthorThis book discusses a number of recent novels by Spanish women writers that present women's experiences in Spain during the years of the Spanish Civil War and Franco dictatorship. It considers these works in the context of the "memory boom" in contemporary Spain and draws on work from the fields of memory and trauma studies.Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, YYYY. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries