Spain Is (Still) Different

Eugenia Afinoguénova is assistant professor of Spanish at Marquette University. Jaume Martí-Olivella is associate professor of Hispanic cultural studies at the University of New Hampshire.

This is an innovative and enlightening volume that offers highly valuable insights on the crucial role played by the discourses and practices of tourism in the construction of modern Spanish identity. Its focus and approach is on the cutting edge area of Hispanic cultural studies. The essays included provide a careful examination of the contexts and political uses of tourism in the collective self-imagining of the nation. It will be an invaluable tool for scholars and students interested in the political and cultural ramifications of tourism in a global context.

• Part 1 Introduction: A Nation under Tourists' Eyes: Tourism and Identity Discourses in SpainPart 2 Part I. Spanish Identity and Tourism DiscoursesChapter 3 1. Emptying the Nation: Performing Spanishness in Cadalso's Moroccan LettersChapter 4 2. On the Inception of Western Sex as Orientalist Theme Park: Tourism and Desire in Nineteenth-Century Spain (On Carmen and Don Juan as Femme Fatale and Latin Lover)Chapter 5 3. Marketing Convivencia: Contemporary Tourist Appropriations of Spain's Jewish PastChapter 6 4. Reading Rural Tourism: On the Recreational Nature of Basque HeritagePart 7 Part II. Consuming HistoryChapter 8 5. Tourism and Consumption in Urban Spain, 1876-1975Chapter 9 6. Modern Art Museums under Franco: Routines, Isolation, and Some ExceptionsChapter 10 7. A Snapshot of Barcelona from Montjuïc: Juan Goytisolo's Señas de identidad, Tourist Landscapes as Process, and the Photographic Mechanism of ThoughtPart 11 Part III. Spaces of (In)DifferenceChapter 12 8. Toppling the Xenolith: The Reconquest of Spain from the "Tourist Invader" in Iberian Film since World War IIChapter 13 9. Miniskirts, Polka Dots, and Real Estate: What Lies under the Sun?Chapter 14 10. Touristic Trades and Neo-Colonial Subjects: Subplotting/Sexploiting Women