Symbol and Ritual in the New Spain
Author | : Laura Desfor Edles |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 197 |
Release | : 2010-07-06 |
ISBN-10 | : 0511557779 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780511557774 |
Rating | : 4/5 (774 Downloads) |
Download or read book Symbol and Ritual in the New Spain written by Laura Desfor Edles and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2010-07-06 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a book about the role of culture in social change and the transition to democracy of post-Franco Spain. Since General Franco's death in 1975, Spanish political life has seen an extraordinarily quiescent "period of consensus," unique in its own history. Laura Desfor Edles takes a distinctively culturalist approach to this "strategy of consensus" and institutionalization of democracy, and uncovers the processes of symbolization and ritualization that characterize it.