I suggest an analytical and reflective study around national identities, nationalisms and geopolitical controversial concepts, through which it was intended to extend the external projection of Spain and Portugal and frame transnational... more
I suggest an analytical and reflective study around national identities, nationalisms and geopolitical controversial concepts, through which it was intended to extend the external projection of Spain and Portugal and frame transnational communities of destiny: Hispano-Americanism, Pan-Lusitanism and Pan-Latinism. Were these utopian expectations? Nationalist expectations to rebuild great nations of the past? What political impact did these proposals have? Did they contribute to deter-ritorializing and redefining the national identities of the Portuguese and Spanish elites? They were inciting but also controversial concepts. They carried an imperial historical background and projected future horizons. But they also raised national and indigenous resistances (indigenismo) and lively, strong debates in the old colonizing nations and also in Ibero-America.
This article argues that the regular appearance of the Nazi genocide of Jews in the postwar African American press helped mark the Holocaust as the paradigmatic case of mass racial slaughter and aided in the creation of distinct... more
This article argues that the regular appearance of the Nazi genocide of Jews in the postwar African American press helped mark the Holocaust as the paradigmatic case of mass racial slaughter and aided in the creation of distinct collective memories of the Shoah long before the 1960s and 1970s, when historian Peter Novick saw the emergence of a Holocaust consciousness in the United States. It did so by bringing questions of comparative suffering to the fore. These discourses on the Holocaust were complex, at once reflecting a desire to acknowledge the unprecedented misery of Europe’s Jews and to draw attention to African Americans’ continued oppression. But they reveal the active role Blacks played in the development of a Holocaust consciousness. In short, African Americans’ confrontation with the mass murder of Jews represents an early example of the universalization of Holocaust memory.
This article examines media consumption in highly diverse districts in Spain as representative of recent changes in this field due to new immigration to countries in Southern Europe in times of crisis. Drawing on findings from two... more
This article examines media consumption in highly diverse districts in Spain as representative of recent changes in this field due to new immigration to countries in Southern Europe in times of crisis. Drawing on findings from two surveys, we observed a decrease in access to media specifically aimed at audiences of minority cultures between 2010 and 2012. It is suggested that this decline is not due to a modification in media consumption habits by minority groups, but rather the economic crisis of 2008. Furthermore, we study the consumption of minority media by natives: we observe that youth and more educated individuals consume other cultures' minority media to a greater extent, particularly the press, radio, and Internet news sources. We suggest that elements are present that public administrations could utilize to further develop a multi-ethnic public sphere. Finally, we explore the emergence of a new transnational dimension to the multi-ethnic public sphere.
The image of the foreign fighter (or foreign war volunteer), whether true or imagined, is clearly a potent one. This article aims to challenge some of the popular images associated with foreign volunteering. First, it examines the gap... more
The image of the foreign fighter (or foreign war volunteer), whether true or imagined, is clearly a potent one. This article aims to challenge some of the popular images associated with foreign volunteering. First, it examines the gap between the often romantic and idealistic descriptions of foreign volunteering and the far less romantic realities they faced. It then explores the exaggerated importance that has often been ascribed to cohorts of foreign volunteers by their contemporaries, using both historical and recent examples. Finally, the article illustrates how the image that surrounds foreign volunteers is sufficiently powerful to influence the way conflicts abroad are remembered.
This article examines media consumption in highly diverse districts in Spain as representative of recent changes in this field due to new immigration to countries in Southern Europe in times of crisis. Drawing on findings from two... more
This article examines media consumption in highly diverse districts in Spain as representative of recent changes in this field due to new immigration to countries in Southern Europe in times of crisis. Drawing on findings from two surveys, we observed a decrease in access to media specifically aimed at audiences of minority cultures between 2010 and 2012. It is suggested that this decline is not due to a modification in media consumption habits by minority groups, but rather the economic crisis of 2008. Furthermore, we study the consumption of minority media by natives: we observe that youth and more educated individuals consume other cultures’ minority media to a greater extent, particularly the press, radio, and Internet news sources. We suggest that elements are present that public administrations could utilize to further develop a multi-ethnic public sphere. Finally, we explore the emergence of a new transnational dimension to the multi-ethnic public sphere.
