Catalog

Ruedo ibérico. Un desafío intelectual

The intellectual history of twentieth century Spain can not be understood without the publishing house, Ruedo ibérico. It linked exiled opposition groups to Franco with those inside Spain during the 1960’s.  Likewise, Ruedo ibéricoprompted the critical analysis of the historical, social and intellectual roots of the country’s situation.
This was a situation marked by the Civil War and the subsequent social and political repression, which hush up the extraordinary legacy of a key period in Spanish culture, the Silver Age.

Ruedo ibérico. Un desafío intelectual is the catalog of the exhibit organized by the Residencia de Estudiantes  as a tribute to  those who worked to recover the historical memory  and to bring down the repressive ideological framework built by  Franco.

Twenty years after the disappearance of Ruedo Ibérico, this catalog  traces the history of a project  founded outside the political parties, committed to freedom and precision, reflecting the critical dissent  and intellectual challenge of its director, José Martínez. This is also the history of the democratic opposition to Franco’s regime.

It also includes reminisces by Luis Álvarez Santullano, Pablo de Andrés Cobos, Enrique Azcoaga, Alejandro Casona, Américo Castro, Luis Cernuda, Carmen Conde, Leopoldo Fabra, Eduardo García Maroto, Raúl González Tuñón, José Marzoa, Gonzalo Menéndez Pidal, María Moliner, Juan José Plans, Laura de los Ríos and Arturo Serrano Plaja.

The volume has two appendices: the list of the Misiones and misioneros, books and documents in the exhibit, and a names index. It includes a CD with songs performed by the Misiones choirs, conducted by Eduardo Martínez Torner. The songs were first recorded in four slate records, in 1934.

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