Theater as a Weapon during the Spanish Civil War in the Nationalist rebel faction (Valladolid, 1936–1939)

Authors

  • Nelly Álvarez González Universidad de Valladolid

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.53351/ruhm.v2i4.48

Keywords:

Spanish Civil War, Spanish Rebels, War cultures, Theater of war, Propaganda

Abstract

During the Spanish Civil War, both factions used propagandistic theater plays in order to indoctrinate and call up the audience. Up to twenty different plays were performed inValladolid, a city within the nationalist territory; all of them had a large ideological content and the vast majority were poor-quality comedies advocating the rebel ideology in which the enemy was denigrated with the objective of inflaming the audience. Despite the interest of the authorities, these plays were not as popular among the population as it was expected, an interesting fact considering that the population tried to ease the stress caused by the war through leisure.

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Author Biography

  • Nelly Álvarez González, Universidad de Valladolid
    Nelly ÁLVAREZ GONZÁLEZ es licenciada en Historia y Ciencias de la Música por la Universidad de Valladolid (Premio Extraordinario Fin de Carrera) y en Historia y Ciencias de la Información por la Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Máster interuniversitario de historia Europa y el Mundo Atlántico: Poder, Cultura y Sociedad y máster en Música Hispana (Uva). Actualmente trabaja como personal de investigación en la Sección de Musicología de la Universidad de Valladolid gracias a una beca de investigación FPI para realizar su tesis doctoral. Su línea de investigación, enmarcada en el periodo cronológico de la Guerra Civil Española, analiza como la cultura de ocio (festivales benéficos, teatro, música y cine) fue utilizada por los sublevados como herramienta de propaganda y legitimadora para adoctrinar y movilizar a la población. Se toma como objeto de estudio la ciudad de Valladolid que vivió toda contienda sujeta a la retaguardia del bando rebelde. Desde esta perspectiva adscrita a los estudios culturales resultan claves en su tesis el papel de la retaguardia durante la guerra, las estrategias de propaganda de los sublevados para persuadir a la población, los discursos de alteridad y de construcción de identidad, y la visión de la cultura atendiendo a su capacidad simbólica y los imaginarios que proyecta.

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El Norte de Castilla. Valladolid

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Published

2015-10-19

Issue

Vol. 2 No. 4 (2013): Los teatros de lo bélico. Violencia, memoria, identidad y sociedad de masas.

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How to Cite

Theater as a Weapon during the Spanish Civil War in the Nationalist rebel faction (Valladolid, 1936–1939). (2015). Revista Universitaria De Historia Militar, 2(4), 64-87. https://doi.org/10.53351/ruhm.v2i4.48

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