Between Distant Modernities

For centuries, Spain and the South have stood out as the exceptional “other” within US and European nationalisms. Brittany Powell Kennedy compares these two apparently similar cultures to reveal how we construct difference around the self/other dichotomy.

Timp de secole, Spania si Sudul s-au remarcat drept „celalalt” exceptional in cadrul nationalismelor americane si europene. In timpul regimului Franco si al epocii Jim Crow, ambele au afirmat violent o marca obsedanta de „egoism” national. Ambele zone au avut o pierdere de splendoare si o relatie plina cu modernizarea si au pastrat un sentiment de infrangere.