The Strategic Mobilisation of the Border in GibraltarThe Postcolonial (Re)Production of Privilege and Exclusion

  1. Orsini, Giacomo 1
  2. Canessa, Andrew 2
  3. G. Martínez del Campo, Luis 3
  1. 1 Ghent University
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    Ghent University

    Gante, Bélgica

    ROR https://ror.org/00cv9y106

  2. 2 University of Essex
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    University of Essex

    Colchester, Reino Unido

    ROR https://ror.org/02nkf1q06

  3. 3 Universidad Complutense de Madrid
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    Universidad Complutense de Madrid

    Madrid, España

    ROR 02p0gd045

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Revista:
Cromohs: Cyber Review of Modern Historiography

ISSN: 1123-7023

Año de publicación: 2020

Título del ejemplar: Cromohs

Número: 23

Tipo: Artículo

DOI: 10.36253/CROMOHS-12503 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openAcceso abierto editor

Otras publicaciones en: Cromohs: Cyber Review of Modern Historiography

Resumen

The border separating/unifying Gibraltar with Spain is reproduced in public discourse as a threat and an obstacle to the normalisation of political life in the small enclave. Yet, an in-depth socio-historical analysis of local cross-border relations over the 20th century, shows how the Gibraltarian national identity and local government originate from the border rather than in opposition to it. The fencing of the frontier imposed by the Franco’s regime between 1969-1985 allows the discursive (re)production of a Gibraltarian identity distinct from that of the Spanish neighbours - and, in part, from that of the English colonisers.

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