Author, as appears in the article.: Castello, Enric;
Department: Estudis de Comunicació
URV's Author/s: Castelló Cogollos, Enric
Keywords: War memories Televisión Spanish civil war Holocaust documentary Democratization
Abstract: Catalan television journalism disrupted the existing hegemonic discourses of the 1990s and 2000s by broaching unknown or silenced topics regarding civilian suffering and the post-Civil War atrocities of Franco¿s fascist dictatorship. The author introduces the concept of `narrative democratization¿ to highlight the existence of alternative narratives regarding the Spanish Civil War and its consequences, paying special attention to a number of documentaries by award-winning journalists Montserrat Armengou and Ricard Belis. It is suggested that narrative democratization is grounded in four discourse strategies: giving the victims a voice, unveiling untold or unknown stories, representing remembrance as an act of justice and internationalizing the narratives of the Civil War. Taking a Foucauldian approach to the concept of `will to truth¿ (volonté de vérité), the author argues that television documentaries presented new perspectives on the public story of the Spanish Civil War.
Thematic Areas: Social psychology Psicología History Historia General o multidisciplinar Experimental and cognitive psychology Cultural studies Comunicação e informação Ciencias sociales Ciencias humanas Antropología
licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
Author's mail: enric.castello@urv.cat
Author identifier: 0000-0003-2154-2450
Record's date: 2024-09-07
Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/submittedVersion
Licence document URL: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
Papper original source: Memory Studies. 7 (2): 223-238
APA: Castello, Enric; (2014). Disrupting 'Wills to Truth'. How Catalan TV documentary contributed to the democratization of Spanish Civil War narratives. Memory Studies, 7(2), 223-238. DOI: 10.1177/1750698013508195
Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Journal publication year: 2014
Publication Type: Journal Publications
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