COLLECTIVE MEMORY IN CONSTRUCTING A NEW IDENTITY OF SPANIARDS (Pamiec zbiorowa w budowaniu nowej tozsamosci Hiszpanów)

• Authors: Józefowicz Maria
• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

The article shows the significance of collective memory in shaping Spanish national identity and presents the functioning of historical memory in socio-political space and culture. During the process of democratization, memory was a factor stimulating the peaceful character of changes then ongoing in Spain. In time its condition underwent major adjustments, passing through subsequent stages that corresponded with the current socio-political circumstances. The article analyzes the controversies that had accumulated around historical memory and are connected with the revision of history, including the civil war (1936-1939) followed by the institution of dictatorship by general Francisco Franco and the democratic transformation after the dictator's death in 1975. Gradually, it has become possible to view the past with relative calm and to undertake attempts at defining it. In culture, alternative forms of settling accounts with the past were sought. Artistic production, such as, among others, national songs and feature films restore memory, shape new forms of its development and compensate for the lack of possibilities of speaking openly about history and for the shortcomings of language.

Keywords

EN

COLLECTIVE MEMORY; HISTORICAL MEMORY; NATIONAL IDENTITY; SPAIN

Discipline

• POLITICAL_SCIENCES: POLITICAL SCIENCES

• Publisher: Instytut Zachodni. Instytut Naukowo-Badawczy im. Zygmunta Wojciechowskiego w Poznaniu
• Journal: Przegląd Zachodni
• Year: 2010
• Issue: 1(334)
• Pages: 187-205
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Józefowicz Maria

• Maria Józefowicz, Instytut Zachodni, Instytut Naukowo-Badawczy, 61-854 Poznan, ul. Mostowa 2, Poland

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

11PLAAAA093822