Research Catalog

Title

Revealing new truths about Spain's violent past : perpetrators confessions and victim exhumations / Paloma Aguilar, Leigh A. Payne.

Author

Aguilar Fernández, Paloma, 1965-

Publication

• London : Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by Springer Nature, [2016]
• ©2016

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Additional Authors

Payne, Leigh A.

Description

xi, 110 pages; 22 cm

Summary

"The foundation of a stable democracy in Spain was built on a settled account: an agreement that both sides were equally guilty of violence, a consensus to avoid contention, and a pact of oblivion as the pathway to peace and democracy. That foundation is beginning to crack as perpetrators' confessions upset the silence and exhumations of mass graves unbury new truths. It has become possible, even if not completely socially acceptable, to speak openly about the past, to disclose the testimonies of the victims, and to ask for truth and justice. Contentious coexistence that put political participation, contestation, and expression in practice has begun to emerge. This book analyzes how this recent transformation has occurred. It recognizes that political processes are not always linear and inexorable. Thus, it remains to be seen how far contentious coexistence will go in Spain."--

Series Statement

• St Antony's series
• Palgrave Pivot

Uniform Title

• St. Antony's series.
• Palgrave pivot.

Subject

• Spain > Politics and government
• Spain > History

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Introduction -- Unsettling accounts -- Heroic historic confessions --Few, fugative, and fleeting confessions -- Unsettling the balance -- Preposterous denial -- Unsettling bones as unsettling accounts -- Conclusion.

Call Number

JFD 17-1031

ISBN

• 1137562285
• 9781137562289

LCCN

2016938642

OCLC

939532178

Author

Aguilar Fernández, Paloma, 1965- author.

Title

Revealing new truths about Spain's violent past : perpetrators confessions and victim exhumations / Paloma Aguilar, Leigh A. Payne.

Publisher

London : Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by Springer Nature, [2016]

Copyright Date

©2016

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

St Antony's series

Palgrave Pivot

St. Antony's series.

Palgrave pivot.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Added Author

Payne, Leigh A., author.

Research Call Number

JFD 17-1031