Anglo-American Hispanists and the Spanish Civil War [electronic resource] : Hispanophilia, Commitment, and Discipline /
Faber, S.author.
In this book, Faber assesses the long-term impact of the Spanish Civil War on Hispanic Studies as an academic field in the United States and Great Britain. Combining institutional history with biography, the book gives a compelling account of the dilemmas that the war posed for four Hispanists who turned their love of Spain into their life's work.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [249]-270) and index.
Labor of love : Hispanism as Hispanophilia -- Politics and professionalism : don't mention the war -- U.S. Hispanism and the quest for prestige : genealogy of a discipline -- Herbert R. Southworth : the rebirth of the "amateur" Hispanist -- Paul Patrick Rogers : frustrations of a radical Hispanist -- "An honest seeker after truth" : E. Allison Peers and the illusion of impartiality -- "Spain is my country, revolution or no revolution" : love and politics in Gerald Brenan -- British Hispanists and the curse of conservatism -- Conclusion : legitimacy and Spanish Civil War discourse.
In this book, Faber assesses the long-term impact of the Spanish Civil War on Hispanic Studies as an academic field in the United States and Great Britain. Combining institutional history with biography, the book gives a compelling account of the dilemmas that the war posed for four Hispanists who turned their love of Spain into their life's work.
United States-History.
History, Modern.
Europe-History.
Ethnology-Latin America.
Historiography.
America-History.
US History.
Modern History.
European History.
Latin American Culture.
Historiography and Method.
History of the Americas.