El recuerdo público de una muerte política: historiografía periodística y etnografía de la ritualidad pública (José Luis Cano Pérez, 1949-1977)

[The public remembrance of a political death: journalistic historiography and ethnography of public ritualism (José Luis Cano Pérez, 1949-1977)]

Abstract

During the Spanish Transition, the government employed extreme violence against social its opponents. Within that context, the expressions Amnesty and Freedom became synonymous The death of José Luis Cano Pérez happened in May 1977. This article examines the memory of that death. Specifically, it analyzes the period 1977-2018 and focuses on the mechanisms of memory and forgetting. Based on journalistic historiography and field work research, the authors present an ethnographic compendium of, simultaneously, tangible and intangible culture, memory arts, and canons of political symbolization.