El 20 de noviembre como lugar de memoriaconstrucciones y resignificaciones en el relato audiovisual
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Universidad Complutense de Madrid
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ISSN: 0018-2176
Year of publication: 2020
Volume: 88
Issue: 1
Pages: 71-95
Type: Article
More publications in: Hispanic review
Abstract
Few dates in recent Spanish history bear such powerful meaning as November 20th. This date marks the anniversary of the death of Francisco Franco in 1975, as well as the execution of José Antonio Primo de Rivera and the death of Buenaventura Durruti in 1936. As such, it has been a compelling memorial day for decades. The article gives an overview of the presence of this anniversary in the audiovisual narrative, above all in documentaries. The day’srole as a time of remembrance and its links with sanctification ordesecration form the basis for interpretation, bearing in mind that such narratives have been involved in construction and recycling processes. The text goes on to study symbolic (re)significances associated with the politics of memoryin which said productions have been positioned, from the Civil War until now.