Bulls, bullfighting, and Spanish identities

Description:

In talking about bulls and bullfighting, observes Douglass, one ends up talking not only about differences in region, class, and politics in Spain but also about that country's ongoing struggle between modernity and tradition. She relates how Spaniards and outsiders see bullfighting as representative of a traditional, irrational Spain contrasted with a more civilized Europe, and she shows how Spaniards' ambivalence about bullfighting is actually a way of expressing ambivalence about the loss of traditional culture in a modern world.

subjects: Bullfights,  Civilization,  Fighting bull,  National characteristics, Spanish,  Social aspects,  Social aspects of Bullfights,  Spanish National characteristics

Places: Spain