Abstract
This article offers a reading of the role of Federico García Lorca in the cultural politics of Socialist Spain of the 1980s. Focussing on a wide range of visual and print material (biopics, educational films, adaptations of plays, press reviews, and interviews) it suggests that the Lorca cult serves to abstract the playwright from his historical and cultural context even as it enlists his authority in the service of a variety of political positions. Paying particular attention to homosexuality and regionalism, the article argues for a shift in the approach to Lorca's dramatic legacy from redemptive sacrifice to historical memory.
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