Encyclopedia of Contemporary Spanish Culture Available to Purchase

Spain’s transition from an authoritarian political system to modern liberal democracy has brought profound changes both to society and culture in the Iberian peninsula. Entry into the European Community in 1986 was followed in 1992 by the staging of the Barcelona Olympics, Expo ’92 in Seville, and Madrid’s tenure as European capital of culture. This work aims to provide an overview of the cultural and social changes which have occurred since the death of General Franco in 1975. However, because much of this change has taken place as a result of reaction to the traumatic period of the Civil War...