La Corrida de Toros - The Tradition of Bullfighting in Spain - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook La Corrida de Toros - The Tradition of Bullfighting in Spain write by Martin Seufert. This book was released on 2011-06. La Corrida de Toros - The Tradition of Bullfighting in Spain available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Seminar paper from the year 2009 in the subject English - Discussion and Essays, grade: 2,3, University of Applied Sciences Düsseldorf, course: Business English, language: English, abstract: Why is bullfighting an essential part of so many important celebrations, especially in Andalusia? Why do so many Spaniards pay such a considerable attention to the drama of killing a bull? These were some of the questions coming to my mind when reading about the corrida, which is regarded as a significant part of Spanish culture. With this essay I want to have a look at the historical backgrounds of bullfighting first, then contrast the cultural and economic importance for the enthusiastic (Aficionados) on the one hand and the criticism of the enemies on the other hand and finish with a conclusion trying to dare a look into the future.
Aficionado
Aficionado - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Aficionado write by Vincent J-R Kehoe. This book was released on 2013-08. Aficionado available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Death and Money in The Afternoon
Death and Money in The Afternoon - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Death and Money in The Afternoon write by Adrian Shubert. This book was released on 1999-06-03. Death and Money in The Afternoon available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Bullfighting has long been perceived as an antiquated, barbarous legacy from Spain's medieval past. In fact, many of that country's best poets, philosophers, and intellectuals have accepted the corrida as the embodiment of Spain's rejection of the modern world. In his brilliant new interpretation of bullfighting, Adrian Shubert maintains that this view is both the product of myth and a complete misunderstanding of the real roots of the contemporary bullfight. While references to a form of bullfighting date back to the Poem of the Cid (1040), the modern bullfight did not emerge until the early 18th century. And when it did emerge, it was far from being an archaic remnant of the past--it was a precursor of the 20th-century mass leisure industry. Indeed, before today's multimillion-dollar athletes with wide-spread commercial appeal, there was Francisco Romero, born in 1700, whose unique form of bullfighting netted him unprecedented fame and wealth, and Manuel Rodriguez Manolete, hailed as Spain's greatest matador by the New York Times after a fatal goring in 1947. The bullfight was replete with promoters, agents, journalists, and, of course, hugely-paid bullfighters who were exploited to promote wine, cigarettes, and other products. 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 imperial pageants to the nationalistic "great patriotic bullfights" of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, this is both a fascinating portrait of bullfighting and a vivid recreation of two centuries of Spanish history. Based on extensive research and engagingly written, Death and Money in the Afternoon vividly examines the evolution of Spanish culture and society through the prism of one of the West's first--and perhaps its most spectacular--spectator sports.
Into The Arena
Into The Arena - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Into The Arena write by Alexander Fiske-Harrison. This book was released on 2011-05-26. Into The Arena available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 'Whether or not the artistic quality of the bullfight outweighs the moral question of the animals' suffering is something that each person must decide for themselves - as they must decide whether the taste of a steak justifies the death of a cow. But if we ignore the possibility that one does outweigh the other, we fall foul of the charge of self-deceit and incoherence in our dealings with animals.' Alexander Fiske-Harrison In a remarkable and controversial book Fiske-Harrison follows the tracks of a whole bullfighting year in Spain. He trains and takes part in the sport himself. He gives us memorable portraits of bull-fighters and bulls, of owners, trainers and fans - of a whole country. Fiske-Harrison offers a fully rounded and involving portrait of an art as performed for centuries and of the arguments that dog it today.
Dangerous Summer
Dangerous Summer - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Dangerous Summer write by Ernest Hemingway. This book was released on 2014-05-22. Dangerous Summer available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The Dangerous Summer is Hemingway's firsthand chronicle of a brutal season of bullfights. In this vivid account, Hemingway captures the exhausting pace and pressure of the season, the camaraderie and pride of the matadors, and the mortal drama—as in fight after fight—the rival matadors try to outdo each other with ever more daring performances. At the same time Hemingway offers an often complex and deeply personal self-portrait that reveals much about one of the twentieth century's preeminent writers.
