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Memory and collective defeat in Alberto Méndez's Los girasoles ciegos
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Ribeiro de Menezes, Alison (2011) Memory and collective defeat in Alberto Méndez's Los girasoles ciegos. Journal of Iberian and Latin American Research, Vol.17 (No.1). pp. 95-107. doi:10.1080/13260219.2011.579890 ISSN 1326-0219.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13260219.2011.579890
Abstract
This article examines the themes of memory and collective defeat in Alberto Méndez's Los girasoles ciegos (2004), arguing that Méndez's four narratives have two potential affiliations: first, the generational, by which he can be related to the so-called mid-century generation of writers; second, the aesthetic, via his use of imaginative investment and speculative narrative recreation, which is consonant with postmemorial approaches. Nevertheless, Méndez's handling of the theme of collective defeat accords with neither of these affiliations, echoing instead recent historical research which stresses the sheer material difficulties of life in postwar Spain and the hardships imposed by the Regime on its own less-well-off supporters, as well as on former Republicans. Méndez's work thus highlights the importance of an attention to the dynamics of remembrance and the shifting nature of Spain's memory horizons over the past century.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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Divisions: | Faculty of Arts > School of Modern Languages and Cultures > Hispanic Studies | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Journal of Iberian and Latin American Research | ||||
Publisher: | Routledge | ||||
ISSN: | 1326-0219 | ||||
Official Date: | 2011 | ||||
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Volume: | Vol.17 | ||||
Number: | No.1 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 95-107 | ||||
DOI: | 10.1080/13260219.2011.579890 | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published |
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