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Meanings emerge through Rivero’s works and praxis across time, shaped by geographic displacement and shifting historical contexts. A diachronic and synchronic framework combines biography, history, and graphico-lexical textual analysis, bridging graphic arts and Hispanic literary studies across three time-spaces.","UC Berkeley  \nUC Berkeley Electronic Theses and Dissertations  \nTitle  \nFrancisco Rivero Gil: A Tale of Graphic Othering  \nPermalink  \n[https://escholarship.org/uc/item/9t43c67w](https://escholarship.org/uc/item/9t43c67w)  \nAuthor  \nSouthard, Donna Ann  \nPublication Date  \n2012  \nPeer reviewed|Thesis/dissertation  \n[eScholarship.org](eScholarship.org) Powered by the California Digital Library  \nUniversity of California  \nFrancisco Rivero Gil: A Tale of Graphic Othering  \nBy  \nDonna Ann Southard  \nA dissertation submitted in partial satisfaction of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in  \nHispanic Languages and Literaturesin the Graduate Division of the  \nUniversity of California, Berkeley  \nCommittee in charge:  \nProfessor Dru Dougherty, Chair Professor Michael Iarocci Professor Stephen Miller Professor Anthony Adamthwaite  \n© Copyright by Donna Ann Southard 2012 All rights reserved  \nAbstract  \nFrancisco Rivero Gil: A Tale of Graphic Othering  \nBy  \nDonna Ann Southard  \nDoctor of Philosophy in Hispanic Languages and Literatures University of California, Berkeley  \nProfessor Dru Dougherty, Chair  \nThis study deploys the Spanish illustrator Francisco Rivero Gil (1899–1972) as a paradigmatic figure of the graphic arts in order to explore the relationships between image and text being played out in representation as expressions of Spain’s unique process of modernization. The meanings of these graphico-lexical relationships reveal themselves through Rivero’s work, as well as through his praxis, over time, through geographical displacement and changing historical contexts. As a result, the study interweaves biography, history and graphico-lexical textual analysis in a combined diachronic and synchronic approach. Its first chapter, meant to bridge the gap between the graphic arts and Hispanic literary studies, provides an introduction to the graphic arts in the context of Spain’s modernization, as well as a review of recent research pertaining to the nexus of these two fields. The main chapters are divided into three time-spaces, which cover Rivero’s beginningsin Santander from 1914 to 1923, including a tour of duty in Morocco as a rank-and-file soldier after the Annual Disaster; the mid ‘20s to the mid ‘30s in Madrid; and the late ‘30s during the Spanish Civil War in Valencia and Barcelona.  \nThe analysis of the various editorial projects included in these chapters shows how a different project of modernity was gestating in the field of the graphic arts, where interactions between image and text enacted a peculiarly Spanish conceptualization of the Other, based on cordiality, that contained radical implications for social change and laid the conceptual groundwork for a non-violent social revolution. This version of modernity, contrary to others advocating a rupture with the past, easily integrated traditional forms by modifying them to suit modern needs. The study shows how the graphic arts may be understood as a site that facilitated a cordial engagement with the Other, containing and channeling the many tensions of Spain’s modernization, as it contributed to the formation of new citizens and a vision of modernity firmly rooted in the past. This dissertation is the first part of a book length project covering Rivero’s life and work in Spain. Future research will take on the transatlantic dimension of his life and the work he produced as an exile in France, the Dominican Republic, Colombia and Mexico.  \nIn memory of my parents, Mattner and Dorothy Southard, the keepers of many secrets.  \nAnd to my children, Paula and Francisco Ramírez, who may continue the unveiling, if they choose to.  \nTable of Contents  \nPage  \nList of Figures ............................................................................................................................... iv  \nIntroduction ................................................................................................................................ xiii  \nAckno","cbCaigMf5MhZ2R6a","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaigMf5MhZ2R6a","pdf",21550844,1,198,"English","en",105,"# Introduction\n## Research Directions\n## Bibliographical Studies\n## Theoretical Studies\n## Interdisciplinary Research\n## Graphico-Lexical Readings\n# Chapter 1 Nexus: The Graphic Arts and Hispanic Cultural Studies\n## Graphic Arts Primer\n## Spanish Industrialization\n## Outliers\n# Chapter 2 From Home to Hell and Back Again: Santander-Morocco-Santander (1917-1923)","[{\"question\":\"What is the core research focus of the dissertation?\",\"answer\":\"The dissertation studies how image-text relationships in Francisco Rivero Gil’s work function as expressions of Spain’s unique modernization process.\"},{\"question\":\"Which methodologies and analytical approaches are used?\",\"answer\":\"It combines biography, history, and graphico-lexical textual analysis through both diachronic and synchronic perspectives, structured across major chapters and time-spaces.\"},{\"question\":\"How is Rivero Gil’s career periodized in the dissertation?\",\"answer\":\"The main chapters are divided into three time-spaces: early work from Santander (1914–1923) including Morocco, the mid-20s to mid-30s in Madrid, and the late-30s during the Spanish Civil War in Valencia and Barcelona.\"},{\"question\":\"What argument does the dissertation make about the graphic arts and the Other?\",\"answer\":\"It argues that graphic arts operate as a site enabling a cordial engagement with the Other, containing tensions of modernization while contributing to new citizenship and a vision rooted in the past.\"}]","Francisco Rivero Gil - 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