Metaphors of Spain

Javier Moreno-Luzón is Full Professor of Modern History at the Complutense University of Madrid. He has been a visiting scholar at the London School of Economics and Harvard University. Among his publications in English is Modernizing the Nation: Spain during the Reign of Alfonso XIII, 1902-1931 (2012).

Introduction: The Nation and its Metaphors

Javier Moreno-Luzón & Xosé M. Núñez Seixas



Chapter 1. History and National Myth

José Álvarez Junco



Chapter 2. The Flag and the Anthem: the Disputed Official Symbols of Spain

Javier Moreno-Luzón & Xosé M. Núñez Seixas



Chapter 3. The Republic, or Spain Freed from Itself

Àngel Duarte



Chapter 4. ‘The King of all Spaniards’? Monarchy and Nation

Javier Moreno-Luzón



Chapter 5. Gender and the Spanish Nation

Inmaculada Blasco Herranz



Chapter 6. Religion: the Idea of Catholic Spain

Mary Vincent



Chapter 7. The Language(s) of the Spanish Nation

José M. Núñez Seixas



Chapter 8. The Americas and the Celebration of 12 October

Marcela García Sebastiani  & David Marcilhacy



Chapter 9. Bullfights as a National Festivity

Rafael Núñez Florencio



Chapter 10. Sports and the Spanish Nation

Alejandro Quiroga



Chapter 11. Music and Spanish Nationalism

Sandie Holguín



Chapter 12. A More Spanish Spain: The Influence of Tourism on the National Image

Eric Storm



Bibliography

Index