The Almería Carnival during the First Two Years of the Second Republic: Analysis of the Letters Located in the Provincial Historical Archive

Abstract

The research article focuses on the arrival of the Second Republic and the implementation of its new cultural policies, which, in the case of Almería, resulted in a new air of freedom. Economic improvements, thanks to the increase in exports, together with the arrival of democracy, made the carnival of 1932 the most participatory of the period studied. The documentation located in the Provincial Historical Archive serves as a study base to analyze how murgas and chirigotas sang about freedom and the arrival of the Republic. The study is completed through the analysis of the primary sources and the news collected in the local press.

Presenters

Mauricio Rodríguez López
Profesor, Educación, Universidad de Almería, Almería, Spain

Details

Presentation Type

Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

Theme

Cultural Studies

KEYWORDS

MUSIC HISTORY, SECOND REPUBLIC, CULTURAL POLICIES, ALMERIA