[The melancholy Spaniard: notes for the interpretation of a stereotype].
Included in the traditional typology of nations, the image of the melancholy Spaniard is a cultural stereotype which appears with a remarkable continuity since the Spanish Golden Age. Developed by foreigners--particularly by the French--this stereotype is also adopted by the Spaniards themselves. It is then necessary to inquire about the persistance of this stereotype through-out the centuries and to examine how--and why--the Spaniards did adhere to the image given by foreigners and the typology of nations. The examination of this stereotype aims at analyzing its mechanism, at discovering its representations--sometimes very different--and the implications involved. The image of the melancholy Spaniard is deeply subjective representation which engages a complex work of the imagination: it concerns the representation of the other and the consciousness that every nation has of itself, revealing many elements about the one who produces it.
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Institut d'études ibériques et latino-américaines, Université Paris-Sorbonne, Paris.
D000850:Anomie; D049711:History, Modern 1601-; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000266:history*; D012649:Self Concept; D012940:Social Problems / Q000266:history*; D013030:Spain
La typologie des nations et l'Espagnol mélancolique: notes pour l'interprétation d'un cliché.