Abstract

SAMPEDRO BLANCO, Víctor; CARRICO REIS, Bruno  and  SANCHEZ-DUARTE, José Manuel. Typified Memories of Francoism and the Spanish Transition. Mem. Soc. [online]. 2013, vol.17, n.35, pp.144-162. ISSN 0122-5197.

Historical memor y has become a really relevant topic in Spanish media and politics, particularly since the adoption in the Congress of Deputies of the law 52 of 2007, "by which rights are recognized and extended and there are measures established to benefit those who suffered persecution or violence during the civil war and dictatorship. " In this study we reflect on how the media propose a public debate on Francoism and the Spanish transition. We used 32 focus groups and analyzed how the media historization of the dictatorship and its socio-political legacy is assimilated in the social discourses of the audience. That is how we examined the mediated memory, the one that is built on the collective process in which historical events are negotiated. We also found empirically eight types of ideal memories in Spain, those whose memories are influenced by the sociopolitical environment, the generation and the degree of politicization.

Keywords : Collective memory; Ideal types; Historicizing media; Francoism; Social state; España, sociopolitical aspects; España-Politics and government-public collective memory.

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