The Reinvention Of Spain
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The Reinvention Of Spain
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Author : Sebastian Balfour
language : en
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Release Date : 2007-10-25
The Reinvention Of Spain written by Sebastian Balfour and has been published by OUP Oxford this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-10-25 with History categories.
Unravelling the debate about the Spanish nation and its identity in the new democracy, this book looks at the issue as both a historical debate and a contemporary political problem, particularly complex due to the legacy of the Francoist Dictatorship which deeply eroded the legitimacy of Spanish nationalism. During and since the transition Spanish nationalist discourse has evolved to meet the challenge of new concepts of nation and identity. These formulations argue very different configurations of the relationship between nation and state. While the Constitution of 1978 defines Spain as a nation of nationalities, many politicians and intellectuals now claim that Spain is a nation of nations, others that it is a nation of nations and regions, or a post-traditional nation state, or post-national state. For the peripheral nationalists, it is merely a state of nations and regions. What is at issue is not whether Spain exists or not as a nation; rather, it is the traditional ways of seeing Spain from both the centre and the periphery that are being challenged. The Reinvention of Spain examines the ways in which Spanish and regional identities are projected and how influence the external actions of the Spanish state. It also analyses the dynamic of comparative grievance and competition between regions deriving from the peculiar architecture of the state in Spain, and their effect on social and political cohesion. Finally, it examines scenarios of change that might foster solutions but asserts that Spain will continue to reinvent itself.
Making Spaniards
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Author : A. Quiroga
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2007-07-12
Making Spaniards written by A. Quiroga and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-07-12 with History categories.
The regime of Primo de Rivera in Spain was one of the major dictatorships of the interwar period. Making Spaniards examines how the military regime created nationalist doctrine, rituals and symbols and how these were transmitted throughout Spanish society in an attempt to 'make' new authoritarian Spaniards and halt democratic reform.
Destination Dictatorship
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Author : Justin Crumbaugh
language : en
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Release Date : 2010-07-02
Destination Dictatorship written by Justin Crumbaugh and has been published by State University of New York Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-07-02 with Social Science categories.
When the right-wing military dictatorship of Francisco Franco decided in 1959 to devalue the Spanish currency and liberalize the economy, the country's already steadily growing tourist industry suddenly ballooned to astounding proportions. Throughout the 1960s, glossy images of high-rise hotels, crowded beaches, and blondes in bikinis flooded public space in Spain as the Franco regime showcased its success. In Destination Dictatorship, Justin Crumbaugh argues that the spectacle of the tourist boom took on a sociopolitical life of its own, allowing the Franco regime to change in radical and profound ways, to symbolize those changes in a self-serving way, and to mobilize new reactionary social logics that might square with the structural and cultural transformations that came with economic liberalization. Crumbaugh's illuminating analysis of the representation of tourism in Spanish commercial cinema, newsreels, political essays, and other cultural products overturns dominant assumptions about both the local impact of tourism development and the Franco regime's final years.
Football And National Identities In Spain
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Author : A. Quiroga
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2013-10-25
Football And National Identities In Spain written by A. Quiroga and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-10-25 with History categories.
This book investigates the use of football to create, shape and promote Spanish, Catalan and Basque national identities and explores the utilization of soccer to foster patriotic feelings, exposing the often dark vested interests behind the propagation of national narratives through soccer.
The Reinvention Of Mexico In Contemporary Spanish Travel Writing
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Author : Jane Hanley
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2021-09-15
The Reinvention Of Mexico In Contemporary Spanish Travel Writing written by Jane Hanley and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-09-15 with categories.
The image and reality of Mexico as presented in travel writing from Spain
The Politics Of Contemporary Spain
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Author : Sebastian Balfour
language : en
Publisher: Psychology Press
Release Date : 2005
The Politics Of Contemporary Spain written by Sebastian Balfour and has been published by Psychology Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Political Science categories.
The Politics of Contemporary Spain charts the trajectory of Spanish politics since the transition to democracy through to the present day, including the aftermath of the Madrid bombings.
The Reinvention Of Mexico In Contemporary Spanish Travel Writing
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Author : Jane Hanley
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2021-09-15
The Reinvention Of Mexico In Contemporary Spanish Travel Writing written by Jane Hanley and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-09-15 with categories.
The image and reality of Mexico as presented in travel writing from Spain
Constructing Spain
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Author : Nathan E. Richardson
language : en
Publisher: Lexington Books
Release Date : 2012
Constructing Spain written by Nathan E. Richardson and has been published by Lexington Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with Art categories.
Does fiction do more than just represent space? Can our experiences with fictional storytelling be in themselves spatial? In Constructing Spain: The Re-imagination of Space and Place in Fiction and Film, Nathan Richardson explores relations between cultural representation and spatial transformation across fifty years of Spanish culture. Beginning in 1953, the year Spanish space was officially reopened to Western thought and capital, and culminating in 2003, the year of Aznar's unpopular involvement of his country in the second Iraq War, Richardson traces in popular and critically acclaimed fiction and film an evolution in Spanish storytelling that, while initially representative in nature, increasingly engages its audience in spatial practices that go beyond mere perception or conception of local material geographies. In original readings of films by Luis Berlanga, Luis Bu uel, Alex de la Iglesia, Alejandro Amen bar, and Julio Medem, and novels by Juan Goytisolo, Antonio Mu oz Molina, and Javier Mar as, Richardson shows this formal evolution as a necessary response to developments, restorations, and transformations of local landscapes that resulted during these years from various human migrations, tourist-invasions, urban development plans, resurgent nationalisms, and finally globalization. As these changes occur, Richardson traces a shift in the works studied from mere representation of spatial change toward actual engagement with shifting physical and social geographies, as they inch ever closer toward the production of an actual spatial experience for their audiences. In the final chapters of this book, Richardson offers in-depth and highly original readings of the storytelling projects of Medem and Mar as in particular, showing how these two artists invite readers to not only reconceive hegemonic notions of space and place, but to practice alternative notions of being-in-place. In these final readings, Constructing Spain, points to the newest developments in contemporary Spanish narrative and film, a rise of new grammars of creation to challenge the ongoing capital-driven creative destruction of globalized Spanish geography.
Spain Since 1939
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Author : Stanley Black
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2009-11-30
Spain Since 1939 written by Stanley Black and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-11-30 with History categories.
Spain since 1939 provides students with a comprehensive guide to one of the most exciting historical narratives of the 20th century: Spain's development from poverty and isolation after the Civil War to its current role as a key player on the European and world stages. Incorporating the most relevant existing research, Stanley Black covers the modern political, cultural and social events that have shaped Spain's evolution through to the present day. This essential introduction charts momentous periods such as: - The violence and repression of the post-war years - The durability of the dictatorship of general Franco - One of the most successful transitions to democracy - The post-transition boom and integration into the European Union. As this fresh new study shows, Spain's history continues to fascinate as it transforms itself into one of the most dynamic and progressive societies in Europe while battling with economic vulnerability, the phenomenon of mass immigration, and the painful buried legacy of its Civil War past.
Jews And Muslims In Contemporary Spain
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Author : Martina L. Weisz
language : en
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Release Date : 2019-05-20
Jews And Muslims In Contemporary Spain written by Martina L. Weisz and has been published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-05-20 with History categories.
The book analyzes the place of religious difference in late modernity through a study of the role played by Jews and Muslims in the construction of contemporary Spanish national identity. The focus is on the transition from an exclusive, homogeneous sense of collective Self toward a more pluralistic, open and tolerant one in an European context. This process is approached from different dimensions. At the national level, it follows the changes in nationalist historiography, the education system and the public debates on national identity. At the international level, it tackles the problem from the perspective of Spanish foreign policy towards Israel and the Arab-Muslim states in a changing global context. From the social-communicational point of view, the emphasis is on the construction of the Self–Other dichotomy (with Jewish and Muslim others) as reflected in the three leading Spanish newspapers.