Into The Arena: The World of the Spanish Bullfight

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Profile Books, 26.05.2011 - 256 Seiten

'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.

 

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La verónica
1
La chicuelina
13
La gaonera
23
La revolera
36
La fanfarria
44
El puyazo
52
El quite
61
El cambio detercios
71
La dedicación
120
El derechazo
126
El pase de pecho
139
El natural
161
El trincherazo
175
El estatuario
194
La manoletina
214
El pinchazo
230

Al cuarteo
86
De poder a poder
99
El tirabuzón
108
La estocada
256
La vuelta para el toro
275
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Alexander Fiske-Harrison was born 1976 and is an English writer and actor. He is best known for writing and acting in The Pendulum in London's West End and has contributed to Prospect, Frieze, The Times and Financial Times.

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