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Author : Rex Smith
Release : 2013-10
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Book Synopsis Biography of the Bulls by : Rex Smith
Download or read book Biography of the Bulls written by Rex Smith. This book was released on 2013-10. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a new release of the original 1957 edition.
Author : Rex Smith
Release : 2003-01-01
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Book Synopsis Biography of the Bulls by : Rex Smith
Download or read book Biography of the Bulls written by Rex Smith. This book was released on 2003-01-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Rex 1900- Ed Smith
Release : 2021-09-09
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Book Synopsis Biography of the Bulls; an Anthology of Spanish Bullfighting by : Rex 1900- Ed Smith
Download or read book Biography of the Bulls; an Anthology of Spanish Bullfighting written by Rex 1900- Ed Smith. This book was released on 2021-09-09. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : Alexander Fiske-Harrison
Release : 2011-05-26
Genre : Travel
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Book Synopsis Into The Arena by : Alexander Fiske-Harrison
Download or read book Into The Arena written by Alexander Fiske-Harrison. This book was released on 2011-05-26. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: '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.
Author : Adrian Shubert
Release : 1999-06-03
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis Death and Money in The Afternoon by : Adrian Shubert
Download or read book Death and Money in The Afternoon written by Adrian Shubert. This book was released on 1999-06-03. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
