Topographies of Fascism offers the first comprehensive exploration of how Spanish fascist writing - essays, speeches, articles, propaganda materials, poems, novels, and memoirs - represented and created space from the early 1920s until the late 1950s. Nil Santianez contends that fascism expressed its views on the state, the nation, and the society in spatial terms (for example, the state as a "building," the nation as an "organic unity," and society as the "people's community"), just as its adherents celebrated fascism in its architecture, public spectacles, and military rituals.

While Topographies of Fascism centres on Spain, a nation that produced a large number of fascist texts focused on space, it also draws on works written by key German, Italian, and French fascist politicians and intellectuals. Ultimately, it provides an innovative model for analyzing the comparable yet often overlooked strategies of symbolic representation and production of space in fascist political and cultural discourse.

About the Author
Nil Santianez is a professor of Spanish and international studies at Saint Louis University.

Reviews

'Topographies of Fascism is an original, ambitious, and innovative study which offers fascinating insights into the use and representation of space in Spanish fascism... Only with books like this will the spectre of Spanish fascism be finally exorcised.'

-- Jordi Cornella * Bulletin of Spanish Studies January 2016 *

'This is a good tool for writers and researchers interested in Spanish Civil War, fascist politics, and literature.'

-- C. Prieto * Choice Magazine, vol 51:06:2014 *



Book Information
ISBN 9781487528980
Author Nil Santianez
Format Paperback
Page Count 430
Imprint University of Toronto Press
Publisher University of Toronto Press
Weight(grams) 650g
Dimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 25mm