Expiation as Performative Rhetoric in National-Catholicism: The Politics of Gesture in Post-Civil War Spain

Vincent, Mary

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“…The political instrumentalisation of a festival as popular as Holy Week, for example, demonstrates the way in which the fascist and Catholic elements came perfectly together on the streets, combining patriotic hymns and military uniforms with religious images and incense. Furthermore, during the 1940s, it was habitual that the people perform a fascist salute as the image passed by, rousing mistrust and suspicion on the part of the church, which considered other gestures, such as kneeling or maintaining silence, as more appropriate (Vincent, 2009). Actions of this type show the capacity of the people not only to participate in national ceremonies 'from the margins' but also to endow them with new significances, often the opposite of those of the authorities (Thompson, 2001, p. 27).…”

Section: From Banal To Everyday Nationalism: Bringing Back Ordinary Spaniardsmentioning

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Nationalisation, banal nationalism and everyday nationhood in a dictatorship: The Franco regime in Spain

Burgos

2021

Nations and Nationalism

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This article explores the nature of the process of nationalisation and the construction of nationality in Franco's Spain. Despite that nationalism constituted the principle axis of the narratives and the policies of the Francoist State, there has been scant research into the reach, the channels, and the role of Spaniards in the process of nationalisation.From a starting point of a complex conception of the Francoist national project, this essay seeks to reframe its analysis in light of the theoretical contributions of 'banal nationalism' and 'everyday nationalism'. As such, on the one hand, I intend to make clear the heterogeneity and the dynamism of Francoist nationalism and, on the other, to include individuals within the scene and further, and in particular, to take into account the role of daily experiences and the capacity for agency on the part of Spaniards on the ground, as participants and constructors of the national community.

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Section: From Banal To Everyday Nationalism: Bringing Back Ordinary Spaniardsmentioning

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Nationalisation, banal nationalism and everyday nationhood in a dictatorship: The Franco regime in Spain

Burgos

2021

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“…La afirmación de Miguel de Unamuno en el paraninfo de la Universidad de la Salamanca de "vencer no es convencer" no puede darse por válida. Las autoridades sublevadas se afanaron desde los primeros compases de la guerra en "convencer" con diferentes mecanismos psicopolíticos e identitarios que asimilaron la cultura franquista con la cultura nacional (Box 2017(Box , 2007(Box , 2004Hernández Burgos 2016;Vincent 2009;Del Arco Blanco 2018). La fuerza de símbolos, ideas y conceptos no fue sólo retórica ni se movió apenas en el horizonte de las representaciones, sino que condensó proyectos y expectativas que confluyeron en una praxis política determinada.…”

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Legitimidad sacro-popular y usos de la religiosidad popular durante la guerra civil en Cáceres y Badajoz

Simón

2021

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En las últimas décadas, la historiografía sobre la construcción de la legitimidad del alzamiento y del nuevo Estado franquista se ha visto enriquecida por múltiples perspectivas. A los trabajos sobre la represión, la violencia y el miedo, se han sumado interpretaciones sociales, económicas, religiosas y culturales que han complejizado las narrativas del consentimiento y de la hegemonía de la dictadura. En este trabajo pretendemos abordar la cuestión desde la perspectiva de la religiosidad y la cultura popular en el caso extremeño, tomando los conceptos de pueblo, tradición y sagrado desde el diálogo transdisciplinar con la Antropología. Para ello abordaremos las múltiples prácticas, rituales y discursos en el contexto de la guerra civil que resignificaron ritos, creencias y expectativas en constante definición y contestación en las ciudades de Cáceres y Badajoz. Este esfuerzo consciente por apropiarse de lo popular y de lo esencial favoreció la consolidación de la dictadura en los horizontes locales como salvaguarda de lo sagrado y de las tradiciones.

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“…This provoked mass participation and the expression of a variety of needs and collective sentiments (such as fascist salutes, genuflections and blessings), showing the close relationship between the realms of religion and politics that justified the 'Crusade'. 105 All of this reflected an 'imagined community': that of an 'authentic Spain' which the rebels were able to become part of thanks to Christ's sacrifice. 106 Through the brotherhoods, the concept of the 'Crusade' once again penetrated the popular consciousness.…”

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Before the Altar of the Fatherland: Catholicism, the Politics of Modernization, and Nationalization during the Spanish Civil War

Blanco

2018

European History Quarterly

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Catholicism has occupied a central place in debates concerning the nature of Francoism. Conventionally, scholars have suggested that the traditional, archaic elements of the Franco Dictatorship made it markedly different from other fascist regimes. This article explores the crucial role that Catholicism played in the popular mobilization, unification, and nationalization of rebel supporters during the Spanish Civil War (1936–1939). Instead of focusing on an analysis of the discourse of the Catholic Church and its interactions with the politics and institutions of the ‘New State’, this study concentrates on Catholicism's role in generating social support for the regime. First, it examines the religious services and practices that occurred on the battlefronts. It then deals with events on the rebel home front. It argues that during the Spanish Civil War, Catholicism became a force that united, mobilized, and forged both individual and national Francoist identities.

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Expiation as Performative Rhetoric in National-Catholicism: The Politics of Gesture in Post-Civil War Spain

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Nationalisation, banal nationalism and everyday nationhood in a dictatorship: The Franco regime in Spain

Nationalisation, banal nationalism and everyday nationhood in a dictatorship: The Franco regime in Spain

Legitimidad sacro-popular y usos de la religiosidad popular durante la guerra civil en Cáceres y Badajoz

Before the Altar of the Fatherland: Catholicism, the Politics of Modernization, and Nationalization during the Spanish Civil War

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