Death and money in the afternoon : a history of the Spanish bullfight / Adrian Shubert.
Death and money in the afternoon : a history of the Spanish bullfight / Adrian Shubert.
Death and money in the afternoon : a history of the Spanish bullfight / Adrian Shubert.
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Publisher
New York; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1999.
Date
1999.
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N791.820946/2
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Language
English
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Physical content
[ix], 270 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 22 cm.
Contents
1. Business -- 2. Bullfighters -- 3. Gender -- 4. Crowds -- 5. Regulation -- 6. Politics -- Epilogue: The Death of Manolete.
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Publisher
New York; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1999.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
1999.
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Summary
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 imp...
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Death and money in the afternoon : a history of the Spanish bullfight / Adrian Shubert.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [255]-260) and index.
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N791.820946/2
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74VvEREovm2b
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvEREovm2b
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ISBN
0195144120 (pbk.)
9780195095241 (alk. paper)
0195095243 (alk. paper)
9780195144123 (pbk.)
DDC
791.820946
MMS ID
991011622029702626
