Domesticating Legacies
Spanish Official Discourses and the Philippines
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5710690 |
|---|---|
| Authors | José Miguel Díaz Rodríguez (0000-0001-5914-3952, Massey University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 235-247 |
| Publication date | 2017-09-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Iberian and Latin American Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1326-0219 • E-ISSN: 2151-9668 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/13260219.2017.1430490 |
| OpenAlex | W2796077319 |
| Language | EN |
Since 2000 the Spanish government has implemented a series of political plans for Spain to increase its visibility and strengthen diplomatic and cultural relationships in Asia. In these policies, the Philippines is considered a singular country in that it shares a common history with Spain. Through the analysis of the origins, context and discourses of these Spanish policies, this work discusses the different ways in which the Spanish legacy in the Philippines is revisited. The article argues that memory and politics are intertwined regarding a Spanish obsession for memorializing the shared past. Moreover, the Philippines is viewed by Spain through a Eurocentric lens, with underlying colonialist statements in many cases
Geography · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Visibility · Hispanic-African Historical Relations · History · Law · Philippine History and Culture
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |