Trauma, Memory and Confinement: (Re)presentations of Space in Dictatorial Cinema Main MenuTrauma, Memory and Confinement: (Re)presentations of Space in Dictatorial CinemaAcknowledgementsIntroductionHow Entertainment (Re)Presents Prison SpacesIntroductionThe Activist-Journalist and the Power of the DocumentaryIntroductionFilmic Redefinitions of Spaces of ConfinementIntroductionConclusionBibliographyMadison Felman-Panagotacos798f6eba7d279010fcb70a7aee7d3c6be69dcd69Leticia Trevinod71cffbca5112765ee9898818790fd5262d5098b
1media/Carbanachel Prison.jpg2017-06-11T17:29:51-07:00The Franco Dictatorship in Spain5plain2017-06-14T17:06:04-07:00When the Falangista Party was not elected into power in the Spanish Republic in 1936, General Francisco Franco, along with other military leaders, staged a coup d’état that became in the Spanish Civil War, which resulted in the execution of thousands of civilians, in addition to Republican and Falangista (Nationalist) combatants. After the Nationalist faction won the Spanish Civil War, Franco was able to establish a dictatorial regime with the support of Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany. He maintained totalitarian authority over Spain until his death in 1975. Under his dictatorship, Franco sought to erase any form of political dissent by jailing and/or executing anyone associated with the Republican or Communist Parties. This regime created a deep-seeded divide within the country, resulting in a vigilant persecution of these dissidents by other spanish citizens.