American Catholic press and the hispanidad project of early Francoism (1939-1941)
Franco’s regime aspired to redefine its relations with Latin American republics through the political and cultural project called hispanidad. Although these Spanish initiatives raised suspicions or hostility, they also connected significantly with the concerns and interests of certain sectors in Lat...
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Investigaciones Socio-Históricas Regionales (ISHIR) Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET) Universidad Nacional de Rosario (UNR)
2025
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| Acceso en línea: | https://ojs.rosario-conicet.gov.ar/index.php/AvancesCesor/article/view/2007 |
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| Sumario: | Franco’s regime aspired to redefine its relations with Latin American republics through the political and cultural project called hispanidad. Although these Spanish initiatives raised suspicions or hostility, they also connected significantly with the concerns and interests of certain sectors in Latin American societies and opinions, especially with the traditional worldview that placed Catholicism in the heart of Hispanic identity. Francoist hispanidad –discursively competing with U.S.– sponsored Pan-Americanism posed interesting challenges north of the Rio Grande. In spite of its later value as anti-Communist tool, during World War II, the concern was not so much about an unreal Spanish neo-imperialist menace as for Axis powers to exploit it for their own purposes in the hemisphere. In that context, it is of foremost interest to pay attention to attitudes toward hispanidad by American Catholics, or rather by their main opinion makers. |
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