RT Book, Section
T1 May Day in Spain : socialist and anarchist traditions
A1 Romanos Fraile, Eduardo
A1 Ledesma Vera, José Luis
A2 Peterson, Abby
A2 Reiter, Herbert
AB This chapter presents the brief overview of the history of May Day in Spain, including its more significant milestones, personalities and meanings. The differences between the events organized by the two groups clearly featured in the first celebration of May Day in Spain, in 1890 the differences also had a territorial dimension. At the stage, the celebration of May Day in Spain was following the patterns already at work in the rest of Europe, with regard to both its content and its form. Much like other Catholic countries, the socialist May Day in Spain was filled with religious symbols albeit symbols and metaphors instilled with a secular meaning. May Day 1978 was the first to be celebrated freely after nearly four decades of prohibition and repression. With the consolidation of democracy, May Day in Spain progressively assumed the same role that it played in most Western societies, and it reflected a less mobilized society.
PB Routledge
SN 978-1-4724-1527-1
SN 978-1-315-55334-4
YR 2016
FD 2016
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/101279
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/101279
LA eng
NO Romanos E., Ledesma JL. May Day in Spain – Socialist and Anarchist Traditions. In A. Peterson & H.Reiter (eds.), The Ritual of May Day in Western Europe, Routledge, London, 2016, pp. 106-132
DS Docta Complutense
RD 18 abr 2025