The Bones of Contention
The Secularization of Cemeteries and Funerals in the Spanish Second Republic
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11474222 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Matthew Kerry (0000-0003-1871-1567, University of Leeds, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 49 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 73-95 |
| Publication date | 2019-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | European History Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0265-6914 • E-ISSN: 1461-7110 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0265691418817466 |
| OpenAlex | W2910476679 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
The secularizing efforts of the Spanish Second Republic met fierce resistance from Catholics and the Church. Local authorities spearheaded secularization in an unclear legal context, yet they also attempted to mediate between different demands, while protecting Catholic sentiment and respecting property rights. Cemeteries and funeral processions were a key battleground in a ‘culture war’ which straddles the nineteenth-century preoccupation with the role of religion in the lives of Spanish citizens and the intensity of interwar conflict, the bitter struggles to occupy public space, and the mobilization of antagonistic conceptualizations of the ‘people’
Archaeology · Context (archaeology · Mobilization · Political economy · Political science · Public space · Resistance (ecology · Secularization · Sociology · The Republic · Theology · Engineering · History · Law · Philosophy · Religious Tourism and Spaces
| Citations per year | 0.5 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2022 - 2022 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |