Tauromachie et géopolitique en péninsule Ibérique : la frontière Espagne/Portugal depuis l’arène
Bullfighting in the Iberian Peninsula is at once a point of differentiation and an undeniable factor of cultural proximity between Spain and Portugal. In this ambivalent context bullfighting emerges as a complex identitary and territorial field of play in which myth and history are mobilised. Rooted...
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| Language: | Spanish |
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Casa de Velázquez
2006-04-01
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| Series: | Mélanges de la Casa de Velázquez |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/mcv/2661 |
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| Summary: | Bullfighting in the Iberian Peninsula is at once a point of differentiation and an undeniable factor of cultural proximity between Spain and Portugal. In this ambivalent context bullfighting emerges as a complex identitary and territorial field of play in which myth and history are mobilised. Rooted in a traditional antagonism between the two bordering countries, their collective imageries readily pit Spanish bullfighting against Portuguese bullfighting. The present-day geographic and social reality of bullfighting in Spain and Portugal seems more complex in that styles become mixed and areas interwoven much more than one might think from a static comparison of bullfighting forms. In a context of European integration and growth of spatial mobility, bullfighting offers a peculiar perspective on the territorial dynamics of the Iberian Peninsula, marked by a growing difference in usages and perceptions of the frontier. |
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| ISSN: | 0076-230X 2173-1306 |