Bulls and Bullfighting

Blood Sport: A Social History of Spanish Bullfighting
By Timothy J. Mitchell
Describing how public animal slaughter came to occupy a central place in Spanish culture, this study attempts to unravel the strands of religion, class conflict, nationalism, political corruption and machismo...
Matadors: A Journey Into the Heart of Modern Bullfighting
By Eamonn O'Neill
An examination of the world of the Matador. Journeying across Spain, the author interviews Matadors from the top and bottom of the profession, looks at the cut-throat world of the...
A Thousand Afternoons: An Anthology of Bullfighting

A Thousand Afternoons: An Anthology of Bullfighting
This is the Bullfight
By John Leibold
This is the Bullfight
The Last Serious Thing: A Season at the Bullfights
By Bruce Schoenfeld
Bullfighting is the vivid focus of this absorbing portrait of Spain--a nation poised ambivalently on the cusp between past and future. The Last Serious Thing is about the spectacle of...