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This is the golden age of bullfighting. In the last 60 years, the number of bullfights (corridas) held in Spain has increased almost ninefold, peaking in 2007. Great bullfighting names have the status of football stars, with heroes including Cayetano, Jos Tom s, Enrique Ponce and Morante de la Puebla, their styles ranging from the flamboyant and breath-takingly reckless to calm domination and technical mastery.Many English-speaking tourists on holiday witness this most ancient and colourful of spectacles, but few understand what is really going on.This illustrated guide acknowledges that attending a bullfight is controversial and will not appeal to everyone. It throws light on the bullfighter's art and outlines the structure of the corrida, the key players and the various moves and stages.A fascinating and complex event is defined step-by-step in layman's terms. The music, the excitement and reactions of the crowd and the drama are all put into context and one of the most ancient and unusual of modern spectacles becomes clear.This book is designed to give readers of whatever persuasion an understanding of bullfighting, so that they can either increase their pleasure in watching a corrida in Spain, France or South America, or simply learn what is involved in this most complex, moving and controversial of spectacles.

Adaptación de una parte de la tesis doctoral de la doctora Lourdes Amigo Vázquez, cuyo trabajo está basado en la consulta e investigación de numerosos fondos de los más importantes archivos históricos nacionales. Toda esta informacion ha dado lugar a un estudio profundo sobre la fiesta de los toros en el Valladolid de los siglos XVII y XVIII: la organizacion, los espacios, los protagonistas,elementos fundamentales del espectaculo taurino.

Alexander Fiske-Harrison has spent a year travelling with bullfighters to watch them work in the bullrings and ranches of Spain, France and Portugal. Along the way he has entered the ring and ran with the bulls in Pamplona and trained with world famous matador Eduardo Davilai and is on a personal quest to fight a bull in the ring with the aim of winning - and ultimately killing - the beast. 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 sport as played for centuries and of the arguments that dog it today.

Desde José Tomás hasta El Juli, pasando por Morante de la Puebla, Joselito o Cristina Sánchez, quince de los toreros más destacados de las últimas décadas abren el capote de sus confesiones en estas páginas. Y lo hacen identificados con quince grandes obras de arte pertenecientes a la colección del Museo del Prado

En la barrera o en el tendido, pero siempre asomados al ruedo con atención, asombro, admiración, emoción o respeto, críticos y apasionados, dialogando sobre el hecho taurino. Diálogo del que nace este libro que, como diría un clásico, tienes, posible lector, entre tus manos y que pretende compartir la inquitud de los autores con la tuya propia en un momento en el que tantos peligros amenazan la continuidad de La Tauromaquia. Hace un breve recorrido por la historia taurina de Barcelona y Cataluña, y aborda la actual polémica que existe en nuestro país entre taurinos y antitaurinos. En el libro se defiende la importancia de la fiesta nacional de los toros.