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Radical nostalgia : Spanish Civil War commemoration in America
- Title
- Radical nostalgia : Spanish Civil War commemoration in America / Peter Glazer.
- Author
- Glazer, Peter.
- Publication
- Rochester, N.Y. : University of Rochester Press, 2005.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Book/Text | Use in library | DP269.8.M4 G63 2005 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xvii, 330 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Summary
- "Between 1936 and 1938, responding to a military coup in Spain led by Francisco Franco with the support of both Hitler and Mussolini, over 2,700 US anti-fascists joined 30,000 volunteers from around the world to form the International Brigade. They came together to defend the democratically elected Spanish government against this early manifestation of the fascist Axis. After three bloody years, Franco's rebellion succeeded, and his dictatorship lasted until his death in 1975."
- "From the moment the first American volunteers returned home, and to this day, they have been holding commemorative events recalling the struggle. For nearly seventy years, the Veterans of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade have cited and re-cited their activist past in theatrically eclectic, highly emotional commemorative performances, a site for both nostalgia and progressive politics. Literary recitations, scripted dramatic pieces, songs, films, photographs, and celebrity appearances have been juxtaposed with speeches, fundraising, and a rigorous attention to pressing political and social concerns of the day. The history and content of these events is detailed and analyzed here based on a combination of archival and ethnographic evidence.
- The exemplary role of songs from the war, as both nostalgic triggers and historical artifacts, is also examined."--Jacket.
- Subject
- Abraham Lincoln Brigade
- 1900-1999
- Memorials > United States > History > 20th century
- Veterans > United States > History > 20th century
- Nostalgia
- Anniversaries
- Memorials
- Nostalgia
- Veterans
- Kollektives Gedächtnis
- Memorials > United States > History > 20th century
- Veterans > United States > History > 20th century
- Spanska inbördeskriget 1936-1939 > krigsveteraner
- Spanska inbördeskriget 1936-1939 > jubiléer och bemärkelsedagar
- Krigsveteraner > historia > Förenta staterna > 1900-talet
- Spain > History > Anniversaries, etc. > Civil War, 1936-1939
- Spain > History > Veterans. > Civil War, 1936-1939
- Spain > History > Civil War, 1936-1939 > Songs and music
- Spain
- United States
- Spain > History > Veterans > Civil War, 1936-1939
- Spain > History > Civil War, 1936-1939 > Songs and music
- Genre/Form
- History
- Music
- Songs
- Songs and music
- Songs.
- Music.
- Musique.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [271]-320) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction : fields of action, fields of thought -- Nostalgia and commemoration -- A time to remember : 1937-1962 -- The legend business : 1962-1996 -- Songs of the Lincoln Brigade : music, commemoration, and appropriation -- Breathing memory -- Epilogue : patriot acts.
- ISBN
- 1580461867
- 9781580461863
- LCCN
- 2005007246
- OCLC
- ocm58526320
- 58526320
- SCSB-14574325
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library