Mundo Hispánico

Mundo Hispánico
Categories
  • Cultural magazine
  • Political magazine
FrequencyMonthly
Founded1948
First issueFebruary 1948
Final issue
Number		December 1977
357
CountrySpain
Based inMadrid
LanguageSpanish

Mundo Hispánico (Spanish: Hispanic World) was a monthly cultural and political magazine which existed between 1948 and 1977. The subtitle of the magazine was La revista de veintitrés países (Spanish: The Twenty-Three Country Magazine) which indicated the fact that it did not only target readers in Spain, but also those in Latin America.[1] It was one of the publications which supported the Francoist rule.[2]

History and profile

Mundo Hispánico was launched in Madrid in February 1948.[1][3] Alfredo Sánchez Bella was the founder of the magazine which was published by the Institute of Hispanic Culture (IHC).[3][4] It was the second publication launched by the IHC.[1] Its format was large, and the magazine contained full-colour photographs.[1] Mundo Hispánico folded in December 1977 after the publication of its 357th issue.[3]

Contributors and content

Major contributors of Mundo Hispánico included Tono, Miguel Mihura, López Rubio, Estebita, Máximo, Cebrián, Mena, Munoa, Picazo, Chumy Chúmez, Cesc, Luis Medrano and Zeus.[5] Enrique Herreros worked for the magazine being responsible for the selection of the drawings.[5]

Frequent topics featured in Mundo Hispánico were Spain’s colonial past, classical and contemporary Spanish art and architecture, technical innovations, Spanish cinema and fashion and bullfighting.[1] It published special issues for the leading figures of the Spanish cultural tradition such as the painter Francisco Goya.[6] In addition, Mundo Hispánico responded the negative reports and comments about Spain by the US magazines such as Life.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Johannes Großmann (2014). "'Baroque Spain' As Metaphor. Hispanidad, Europeanism and Cold War Anti-Communism in Francoist Spain". Bulletin of Spanish Studies. 91 (5): 761. doi:10.1080/14753820.2014.909144. S2CID 154348031.
  2. ^ a b Javier Ortiz Echagüe (2014). "Mundo Hispánico versus Life: "Spanish Village" by W. Eugene Smith and the Debate over Spain in Illustrated Magazines (1949-1952)". Communication & Society. 27 (1): 23–57.
  3. ^ a b c "Mundo Hispánico" (in Spanish). Miguel de Cervantes Virtual Library. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
  4. ^ Daniel Gunnar Kressel (2015). "The Hispanic Community of Nations: the Spanish-Argentine nexus and the imagining of a Hispanic Cold War bloc". Cahiers des Amériques latines. 79 (79): 115–133. doi:10.4000/cal.3669.
  5. ^ a b "Proyectos en torno a la revista "Mundo Hispánico" (1948-1977)" (in Spanish). AECID. 7 April 2020. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
  6. ^ Claudia Grego March (2022). "Painting Viciously: Antonio Saura's Monsters and The Francoist Dictatorship (1939-1975)". React/Review: A Responsive Journal for Art & Architecture. 2: 87. doi:10.5070/R52056631. S2CID 247258956.