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Constructed identities and Iberia

Flynn, M. K.

Authors

M. K. Flynn



Abstract

The category of Iberian identity includes national identities within Spain, Portugal and Latin America. The case of Spain and Spanish national identity has been particularly neglected in academic literature, although this situation has been changing since the mid-1990s, in comparison with analyses of alternative national identities within the Spanish state. This is related to the discrediting of Spanish nationalism during the Francoist dictatorship and later democratic devolution which encouraged an analogous diversification in the study of national identities within Spain. Since the asymmetric federalization of Spain, Spanish interpretations of nationhood have reflected the premise of the 1978 Constitution that the nation's unity is complemented and strengthened by its national and regional diversity. Variety within the broad category of Iberian identities is augmented by the incidence of labour migration into Spain and Portugal and development of popular culture, in this case music, in Latin America and specifically Colombia.

Citation

Flynn, M. K. (2001). Constructed identities and Iberia. Ethnic and Racial Studies, 24(5), 703-718. https://doi.org/10.1080/01419870120063945

Journal Article Type Article
Publication Date Oct 23, 2001
Journal Ethnic and Racial Studies
Print ISSN 0141-9870
Publisher Taylor & Francis (Routledge)
Peer Reviewed Not Peer Reviewed
Volume 24
Issue 5
Pages 703-718
DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/01419870120063945
Keywords identity, Iberia
Public URL https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/1085713
Publisher URL http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01419870120063945
Additional Information Additional Information : This article is in a special issue of Ethnic and Racial Studies, edited by M. K. Flynn.

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