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.
Table of Content
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
About the author
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).
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