Legacies of Violence in Contemporary Spain ─ Exhuming the Past, Understanding the Present

This book explores social, political, legal, and cultural facets of the movement for the recovery of historical memory and the growing demands for accountability for past state-sanctioned violence in Spain, both of which have been fueled by the exhumations of mass graves that began in 2000. The volume contributes to three crucial tasks: the on-going process of documenting Francoist repression in post-war Spain; the acknowledgment and analysis of the legacies of such violence in contemporary Spanish society; and the discussion of the legal and political viability of alternative forms of transitional justice that might provide a long-delayed public response to past violence in Spain.

Ofelia Ferran is Associate Professor in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese Studies at the University of Minnesota.

Lisa Hilbink is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Minnesota.