Jeroen Oskam
Publications on Contemporary Spanish Cultural History
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Introduction
From my work
Versión española
From the censorship archives
Publications
La revista
Indice
Papers read at professional meetings
Los intelectuales increyentes y el nacionaljesuitismo
Jeroen Oskam: Curriculum Vitae
Novela social y prensa crítica: revisión de una hipótesis
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Censura y prensa franquistas como tema de investigación
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Jeroen Oskam
Publications on
Contemporary Spanish Cultural History
Latest update: September 12, 1998
Introduction
My research:
My field of specialization is
Twentieth-Century Spanish (Peninsular) Culture
. I am interested in the interaction between sociohistorical context --especially, repression during the Franco-dictatorship (1939-75)-- and cultural expressions.
As a result of the ambiguous character of Spain's transition to democracy, many of the effects --and responsabilities-- of cultural repression have remained concealed. This has led to mythifications and the appearance of «false heroes», but most of all, the cultural damage that Francoism caused is often underestimated or sometimes even ridiculed. The effectivity and penetration of the Francoist control instruments was such, that by neglecting or ignoring them we would fail to understand the rise of opposition movements and, therefore, important aspects of today's culture.
I have chosen an
interdisciplinary approach
, in order to understand the ideological foundations of censorship and other aspects of cultural repression, on the one hand, and its effects on different forms of cultural expression --literature, political thought, fine arts, theater, film--, on the other. My first research projects fell under Sociology of Literature, although parts of my work are as well related to Historiography and the History of Ideas.
Collections of journals and newspapers are an essential
source
for my research; I also have made extensive use of archives, such as the one pertaining to the Ministerio de Cultura (Alcalá de Henares).
Research
topics
:
Censorship
: how did it work? Which criteria did they apply? How far-reaching were its effects? Could censorship interventions be avoided?
Press history: especially, the journals
Ecclesia
,
Indice
and
Razón y Fe
.
Camilo José Cela
: should the 1989 Nobel Prize winner be considered as a clever adversary of the Francoist cultural system, or is he an opportunist and a charlatan?
The
Catholic Church
during the first years of Francoism: did it really represent a more «liberal» wing of the dictatorship, as some have suggested? In particular, what was the Church's position in matters of censorship and cultural repression?
«Left-wing» falangism
: Did such a thing exist? What is the explanation for such a paradoxical movement?
The ambiguous character of Spain's transition to democracy
is closely related to the evolution of this cultural repression and the persistence of the "factical powers" behind it. I have seen my interpretation of what has happened over the past few years confirmed by the recent declarations of Luis María Anson. These
articles from «El País»
need no further comment.
My Research
From my work:
About Censorship
Camilo José Cela
About the alleged
«
liberal
»
orientation of the Spanish Catholic Church during the first years of the Franco dictatorship
About «left-wing» falangism
From the censorship archives
Articles (index)
Los intelectuales «increyentes» y el nacionaljesuitismo
Novela social y prensa crítica: revisión de una hipótesis
Censura y prensa franquista como tema de investigación
Interactions between Politics and Literature under the Franco Regime: the Journal
Indice
between 1951 and 1976
List of publications
Curriculum Vitae
Links
Professional afilliation:
Hogeschool Maastricht, Hoge Hotelschool (
School for Hospitality Management
)
Currently living on
Sint Maarten, Netherlands Antilles
Experimental version of
PIEL
«Abel Martín. Revista de estudios sobre Antonio Machado»
Latin American Network Information Center
Carta de marear (de las letras iberoamericanas)
Censorship and book banning resources
Palabra:
Atajos-Buscalo-Rapido
Jeroen Oskam
J.A.Oskam@Bigfoot.com
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