ERIC Number: EJ1261063
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Publication Date: 2020-Mar
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History Teaching and Cultural Hegemony: Representations of the Spanish Civil War in Francoist History Textbooks of the 1960s
Fricke, Johanna
Journal of Educational Media, Memory and Society, v12 n1 p74-95 Mar 2020
In the 1960s, facing a series of transformations within Spanish society, the Franco regime modified its self-legitimation strategy and with it its portrayal of the Spanish Civil War. Based on the analysis of nine history textbooks for various levels published between 1954 and 1970, this article demonstrates that, by aiming to neutralize increasing demands for democracy, reconciliation and peace, the Franco regime incorporated elements of the corresponding discourses into its own memory discourse. The later the year of publication and the higher the age of the intended readership, the more signs of this process of incorporation appear in the textbooks. Examples of such traces can be found in the terms used to denote the Spanish Civil War, in the textbooks' characterizations of the two opposing sides, and in their presentation of both the Francoist governmental system and the development of Spain under Francoism.
Descriptors: History Instruction, Cultural Influences, European History, Textbook Evaluation, Foreign Countries, Authoritarianism
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