Centennial Fever

Transnational Hispanic Commemorations and Spanish Nationalism

Javier Moreno-Luzón (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

336 Seiten

2024
Berghahn Books (Verlag)
978-1-80539-246-0 (ISBN)

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Commemorations that shaped major elements of Spanish identity at the beginning of the 20th century are full of centennials and anniversaries that elaborate and renew the Spanish national mythology. In Centennial Fever Javier Moreno-Luzón, one of the most prominent Spanish historians of his generation, studies the milestones that defined transnational dimensions of celebration at the beginning of the 20th century including the Peninsular War, the first Spanish Constitution, the independence of Latin American States, the “discovery” of the Pacific Ocean and the death of Miguel de Cervantes and the publication of Don Quixote of La Mancha. Through these truly global events, a cultural community is created, called “Hispanoamerica” or “La Raza”, on which Spanish nationalism has become dependent.

Javier Moreno-Luzón is Professor of History at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Specialist in the political life of Modern Spain, his books in English include Modernizing the Nation: Spain during the Reign of Alfonso XIII, 1902-1931 (Brighton: SAP, 2012); and Metaphors of Spain: Representations of Spanish National Identity in the 20th Century (with X.M. Núñez Seixas, eds., New York: Berghahn Books, 2017).

List of Abbreviations

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Chapter 1. The Past in the Political Arena

History, Memory, Commemoration

National Holidays and Centennials

Chapter 2. Between Progress and the Virgin of Pilar

The Multiple Commemorations of 1908

Land of Martyrs and Heroes

The Triumph of Regenerationist Nationalism

Chapter 3. Reconquer America to Regenerate Spain

Of Speeches, Embassies, and Banquets

Hispano-American Españolismo

Patriots across the Seas

A Mother Attends her Daughters’ Weddings

Chapter 4. Remembering the Liberal Nation

Patriotism or Betrayal

Intertwining Commemorations

Places of Record

Chapter 5. Heirs of Balboa

Rescuing Spain’s Past

Spanish California

The Republic of Balboa

Chapter 6. The Language of Cervantes

The Different Faces of a Symbol

Transnational Centennials

Cervantes in Cuba

Cervantine Spain

A Most Exemplary Institution

A Monument to the Soul of the Race

Chapter 7. Glories of the Nation

The National Epic

Why Spain is Great

The Commemoration that Never Ends

Bibliography

Erscheinungsdatum	13.12.2023
Reihe/Serie	Studies in Latin American and Spanish History
Verlagsort	Oxford
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie
ISBN-10	1-80539-246-8 / 1805392468
ISBN-13	978-1-80539-246-0 / 9781805392460
Zustand	Neuware