| Description |
1 online resource (270 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-260) and index. |
| Contents |
Business -- Bullfighters -- Gender -- Crowds -- Regulation -- Politics -- Epilogue: The death of Manolete. |
| Summary |
"Bullfighting has long been perceived as an antiquated, barbarous legacy from Spain's medieval past. In fact, many of that country's best poets, philosophers, and intellectuals have accepted the corrida as the embodiment of Spain's rejection of the modern world. In his new interpretation of bullfighting, Adrian Shubert maintains that this view is both the product of myth and a complete misunderstanding of the real roots of the contemporary bullfight." "Shubert analyzes the business of the sport, and explores the bullfighters' world: their social and geographic origins, careers, and social status. Here also are surprising revelations about the sport, such as the presence of women bullfighters - and the larger gender issues that this provoked. From the political use of bullfighting in royal and imperial pageants to the nationalistic "great patriotic bullfights" of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, this is both a fascinating portrait of bullfighting and a vivid recreation of two centuries of Spanish history."--Jacket. |
| Access |
Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Bullfights -- Social aspects -- Spain -- History -- 18th century.
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Bullfights -- Social aspects. |
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Spain. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
18th century |
| Subject |
Bullfights. |
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Bullfights -- Social aspects -- Spain -- History -- 19th century.
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| Chronological Term |
19th century |
| Subject |
Spain -- Social life and customs. |
| Chronological Term |
1700-1899 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Shubert, Adrian, 1953- Death and money in the afternoon. New York : Oxford University Press, 1999 (DLC) 98028292 |
| ISBN |
1429404256 (electronic book) |
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9781429404259 (electronic book) |
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9780198025559 (electronic book) |
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0198025556 (electronic book) |
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1280527935 |
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9781280527937 |
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9780195095241 (alkaline paper) |
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0195095243 (alkaline paper) |
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0195144120 |
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9780195144123 |
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