British representations of the Spanish Civil War /
Shelmerdine shows that traditional notions in Britain of Spain as a country of bullfighting, bandits and flamenco were pervasive, and were significant in shaping wider UK government policy towards Spain in the period of the civil war. He assesses political perceptions of the 1930s Spanish scene such...
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Manchester, UK ;
New York : Manchester University Press,
2006
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Popular fiction and the British world view
- 2. Britons in pre-civil war Spain
- 3. The Spanish political landscape
- 4. The role of the Spanish church
- 5. Class, race and ethnicity
- 6. 'Two irreconcilable Spains' : differing visions of a 'new Spain'
- 7. British public responses
- 8. Conclusion