Eighteenth International Conference on Interdisciplinary Social Sciences

Abstract

On July 18 1936, Franco staged a coup in Spain, initiating a Civil War. As a result, a dictatorship is established, during almost fourty years. It is not until the death of the dictator in 1975 that a process of democratic transition begins. Different generations have passed through these different periods, constructing particular and changing ways of understanding the world and themselves. The Civil War, and the dictatorship that it originated, can be considered points of reference in the recent history in Spain, for the mark they left on society through violence and repression. In this project we present the narratives, the set of meanings about Francoism, of different generations that are part of the same family. In-depth interviews were carried out with each of the generations of the same family: the generation that lived the Franco regime, the generation that participated in the democratic transition and the generation born in democracy. We understand the family as a scenario of transmission, exchange and appropriation of these narratives, especially in contexts of political violence. By applying thematic analysis and analysis of positions and voices, we can describe the narratives that each generation has, their transformations and continuities, and the forms of acquisition. In this way, we are able to trace the representation and communication of the meanings of the event of the dictatorship in the social dynamics of the family group.