Category Archives: Bullfights

The World of the Bulls: An Anthropologist’s Gold Mine

Posted on November 12, 2014 by Robin Irvine

At the beginning of October, in a blog article about a bullfight in Corella, Navarra, taurine photographers and bloggers Gorka Azpilicueta and Arsenio Ramírez suggested that for an anthropologist like myself the world of the bulls represents a gold mine … Continue reading →

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A step in the right direction? From Madrid to Corella, Navarra.

Posted on September 24, 2014 by Robin Irvine

“Happy, but not satisfied” sums up the feelings of the foreman of Partido de Resina after last Sunday’s corrida in Madrid. There’s more work to be done but the outcome was basically good. The critics – as always – gave … Continue reading →

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Return to Madrid

Posted on September 19, 2014 by Robin Irvine

This coming Sunday, at six-thirty p.m. the notorious pabloromero bulls will return to Las Ventas in Madrid, which continues to be the most influential and important bullring in the taurine world. These beautiful but tricky bulls will be making their … Continue reading →

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